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Three dead, five injured as crane
collapses onto freeway bridge
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TOLEDO, Ohio — A crane
collapsed onto a construction
site at an interstate bridge
Monday, crushing a tractor-trail-
er and killing three workers, tire
officials said.
Five other injured workers,
including one in critical condi
tion, were taken to St. Vincent
Medical Center, hospital
spokeswoman Gloria Enk said.
Authorities at the scene said no
one else was trapped, and no
motorists were injured.
Traffic had been open on
Interstate 280 when the crane
collapsed about 2:30 p.m. and
fell between the northbound and
southbound lanes on the high
way’s approach to the bridge
over the Maumee River south of
downtown, Toledo fire Capt.
Robert Krause said.
Dawn Croydon and her hus
band were driving south across
the bridge when they saw a huge
dust cloud. As they approached
and the dust cleared, they saw
workers hanging limp in their
safety harnesses.
“I’m still shaking,” Dawn
Croydon said from her home in
suburban Northwood.
The 2 million-pound crane
was moving at the time it col
lapsed, said Joe Rutherford,
spokesman for the Ohio
Department of Transportation.
The cause of the collapse was
under investigation.
Lucky Davis, 33, of Toledo,
said he was driving north on I-
280 about 50 yards from the
crane when he heard a crack.
“It was like the loudest thun
der I’ve ever heard in my life,”
Davis said. “It was like a split
second and I heard people
screaming. I was in shock.”
The interstate was closed in
both directions after the collapse.
The crane was part of a $277
million project to build a new
six-lane freeway bridge along
side the four-lane Craig
Memorial Bridge.
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THE BATTALIOS
Restaurant
offer more
low-carb fart
By^ Sarah Karush
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DETROIT — As Burgt;
King promotes bunless
and Subway hawks low-carl
sandwich wraps, some upscali
restaurants are pouring on k
cream and perfecting flourb
batter in their own appeal ii
those on Atkins-style diets.
The Rattlesnake Club, oneol
Detroit’s most fashionabli
restaurants, added a low-cail
menu about a year ago
local hot spot, Opus One,
nine low-carb entrees to iis
lunch menu last fall.
“It’s because, quite frankly,!
eat that way,” said OpusOneco
owner James Kokas.
His low-carb menu is a
simple substitution process:
Hold the croutons on the chick
en caesar salad and serve
meat with a bearnaise sauct,
consisting primarily of
and egg yolks.
In emphasizing protein over
starch, many high-end restau
rateurs say they are simply fol
lowing their own changing
preferences.
Rattlesnake Club chef-owner
Jimmy Schmidt says he has Ions
avoided refined carbohydrates
like white flour, white rice anil
refined sugar in his own
and he tries to keep those ingre
dients to a minimum in tk
Rattlesnake’s overall menu.
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step farther with a separate
carb menu, which offers three
choices each for appetizer, entree
and dessert, as well as two salail
choices. Schmidt estimates
accounts for 20 percent to 30 per
cent of his Detroit sales and upto
50 percent at the other Rattlesnake
Club in Coachella, Calif.
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