Anyone else see the Colorado bridge segment on "Countdown?" (MSNBC) [View All]

Olberman has a sub tonight, but it was a very tragic story. A steel structural beam, recently set (it seems) collapsed on the SUV of a young couple (pregnant wife, husband, and two year old) killing them. The Colorado authorities were notified by a 911 call from a bridge expert about an hour before the accident. They responded by looking at a sign, not the bridge.

Now, as an ex-bridge engineer who built numerous bridges (of all designs) in the mid-70s, I cannot imagine the incompetence in setting that steel span. Or the incompetence involved in putting too much concrete on that steel, especially in a way that would create torsion. Or the incompetence involved in the bridge design.

Let the law suits begin.