Worker Dies in Brent Spence Project Crane Accident

A worker died after a boom lift crane shifted and fell Saturday around 10:30 a.m. at a Brent Spence Bridge Corridor construction site near West Third Street and Pete Rose Way in Cincinnati. The operator, a member of the Walsh-Kokosing crew, the project’s main contractor, was taken to University of Cincinnati Medical Center with life-threatening injuries and later died. Officials have not released his identity. Cincinnati police and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are investigating.