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Barge Bar Hits I 40 Bridge Collapsing 500 Foot Span
A barge struck an Interstate 40 bridge over the Arkansas River at Webbers Falls Oklahoma during a storm, destroying a 500 foot roadway section and sending more than a dozen vehicles into the water. Three bodies were recovered with more expected as divers search the murky, 11 foot deep current.
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Webbers Falls
Okla
Arkansas River
Chris West
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Rebecca Smith
Muskogee
Frank Keating
Joe Dedmon
Florence
Miss
Keating
Dedmon
Joel Henderson
Magnolia Marine Transport Co
Josef Blann
Marine Corps Reserve
Guthrie
National Transportation Safety Board
Oklahoma City
Arkansas Line
Muskogee Regional Hospital
Ched Wetz
Sequoyah Memorial Hospital
Wetz
Highway Patrol
Jarrett Johnson
Oklahoma
Queen Isabella
Port Isabel
Texas
Florida
Tampa Bay