NTSB to hold Tuesday briefing on bridge collapse

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NTSB TO HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE TUESDAY IN WASHINGTON, DC ON THE ON-GOING INVESTIGATION OF THE I-35W BRIDGE COLLAPSE IN MINNESOTA

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Washington, DC -- The National Transportation Safety Board

will hold a press conference on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 to

provide an update on the on-going investigation of the I-35W

bridge collapse in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NTSB Chairman

Mark V. Rosenker will brief the media in the NTSB'S Board

Room and Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W.,

Washington, DC at 1:30 p.m., (EST).

On Wednesday, August 1, 2007, a section of the I-35W bridge

in Minneapolis, Minnesota spanning the Mississippi River

collapsed. Approximately 1,000 feet of the deck truss fell

into the river. As a result of the accident 13 people died

and 145 people were injured.

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