Mississippi Bridge Form Collapse Leaves One Dead, One Missing
Recovery efforts will continue throughout the day at the U.S. Hwy. 90 Bridge over St. Louis Bay in Mississippi, where a column form collapsed shortly after 1 p.m. Thursday, June 14, tossing nine workers into the water.
Eight of the workers were recovered from the water in the immediate aftermath by the contractor and transported to Memorial Medical Hospital in Gulfport and Hancock Medical in Bay St. Louis, says Gary Hargrove, Harrison County Coroner. One of the workers died. “Alger Pennaman, 51 of Jackson was pronounced dead at 2:41 p.m. after resuscitation efforts were not successful,” Hargrove says. “An autopsy this morning showed that Mr. Pennaman died as a result of drowning.”