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Two workers fall from I-5 bridge Tuesday evening

Published 10:58 am Wednesday, July 17, 2024

By Jonathan Tall

Traffic camera shows Everett and Marysville firefighters on the scene of a crane accident along northbound I-5 near milepost 198 Tuesday evening. (Provided photo)
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Traffic camera shows Everett and Marysville firefighters on the scene of a crane accident along northbound I-5 near milepost 198 Tuesday evening. (Provided photo)
Traffic camera shows Everett and Marysville firefighters on the scene of a crane accident along northbound I-5 near milepost 198 Tuesday evening. (Provided photo)
Everett and Marysville firefighters respond to a report of two workers who fell off the side of the bridge along northbound I-5 near milepost 198 before 7 p.m. Tuesday. (Everett Fire Department)

MARYSVILLE — Two workers fell off the I-5 bridge Tuesday near milepost 198, sending one of them 60 feet to the water below, according to the Everett Fire Department.

Around 7 p.m., two men working in the air in a “cherry picker” type bucket under a bridge along northbound I-5 near Marysville.

The bucket tipped over, causing one worker to fall into Steamboat Slough. The man who fell into the water swam to shore and was taken to the hospital as a precaution, authorities said.

The other man managed to climb out of the equipment and make it back to land. He did not sustain any injuries, according to the department.

One lane of northbound I-5 was closed for about four hours.

Jonathan Tall: 425-339-3486; jonathan.tall@heraldnet.com; Twitter: @snocojon.

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