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A construction worker walks towards a partially collapsed bridge on the 91 Freeway near Corona, Calif., on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. Several workers were injured in the Friday night incident.
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Donations to victims of the Oct. 9 partial on-ramp bridge collapse in Corona and their families can be made at transportationfoundation.org/donate end articleExtras googleon: all
Two more workers injured in a highway bridge accident in Corona have had benefit accounts created to assist them, Riverside County transportation officials announced Monday.googleoff: allgoogleon: all
Alex Paez and Eric Rodarte were among 10 construction workers injured Oct. 9 while working on a ramp on a 91 highway widening project. The accounts were created through the California Transportation Foundation, a nonprofit organization that collects charitable donations for transportation workers.googleoff: allgoogleon: all
The California Transportation Foundation has agreed to match people’s donations on a dollar-for-dollar basis up to $5,000.googleoff: allgoogleon: all
Donations to the victims and their families can be made at transportation foundation.org/donate.googleoff: allgoogleon: all
Accounts were previously set up for Jarell Boyd, Michael Richey, James Chaffee Jr. and Gilberto Ortiz. All of the workers are employed by project contractor Atkinson Walsh.googleoff: allgoogleon: all
Of the nine workers hospitalized, five have been released, according to a Riverside County Transportation Commission news release.googleoff: allgoogleon: all
All of the injured workers may sign up for the fund, Anne Mayer, transportation commission executive director, said last week. The workers also are eligible for workers’ compensation, including medical care and disability benefits.googleoff: allgoogleon: all
The money collected in the separate accounts will be distributed to a contact person identified by the victims’ families, according to the agency. The money may be used however the families want. Donations are not tax-deductible.googleoff: allgoogleon: all
Sixteen workers were at the site at 11 p.m. Oct. 9, positioned alongside a 750-ton concrete bridge as blocks and shims were incrementally removed during a jacking process to lower a new bridge.googleoff: allgoogleon: all
One-fifth of the way through the 20-inch lowering, the wooden supports gave way and struck some of the workers.googleoff: allgoogleon: all
All construction was halted on the $1.4 billion freeway expansion project while transportation officials investigated. Work resumed early last week.googleoff: allgoogleon: all
State agencies are investigating, as is the Washington, D.C.-based KCE Structural Engineers, which was hired by Atkinson Walsh. KCE did emergency engineering work on the Pentagon after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack.googleoff: all
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