Sao Paulo Monorail: One dead when segment collapses

[pentium]

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[quote]A worker building a monorail in Brazil's biggest city, Sao Paulo, has died after a section of the prestigious project collapsed.
The authorities at the scene said at least two others had been injured.

The 17.7km monorail was originally meant to be completed for the football World Cup which starts in three days time, but it is behind schedule. [/quote]
[quote]Eight workers have died in accidents during the building of Brazil's 12 World Cup arenas.[/quote]
[url=Eight workers have died in accidents during the building of Brazil's 12 World Cup arenas.]**IT'S A PRETTY SMALL SOURCE**[/url]

[ridinmybike]

wow, i wonder what happened? maybe they were so rushed they forgot about physics?

[Electrocuter]

Oh boy this sure bodes well for the World Cup.

They're lucky that shit didn't fall during the World Cup, then it would be a shit storm.

[guicool]

I work about 500m from that place, and I can confirm this.

Not my image.
[t]http://f.i.uol.com.br/folha/cotidiano/images/14160533.jpeg[/t]

[Zuimzado]

how long has this monorail been in construction anyway

i've seen construction videos for it on the subway for years now

[Political Gamer]

[QUOTE=guicool-BR-;45055092]I work about 500m from that place, and I can confirm this.

Not my image.
[t]http://f.i.uol.com.br/folha/cotidiano/images/14160533.jpeg[/t][/QUOTE]More pictures from [url=http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=114727792&postcount=3122]here[/url]
[t]http://s30.postimg.org/fe8rrxs35/screenshot_38.png[/t]
[t]http://s2.glbimg.com/xydDblHjbMs86PdpckidErnPixg=/s.glbimg.com/jo/g1/f/original/2014/06/09/acidente_monotrilho.jpg[/t]
[t]http://s2.glbimg.com/Sayim7kmCFpu7lPRG3nwTiJENsY=/s.glbimg.com/jo/g1/f/original/2014/06/09/acidente_2.jpg[/t]

Happened right next to the airport
[t]http://f.i.uol.com.br/folha/cotidiano/images/14160541.jpeg[/t]

[editline]9th June 2014[/editline]

[QUOTE=Zuimzado;45055096]how long has this monorail been in construction anyway

i've seen construction videos for it on the subway for years now[/QUOTE]Line 17 (this project) started back April 1st 2012 according to the [url=http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linha_17_do_Metr%C3%B4_de_S%C3%A3o_Paulo#Datas-marco]wiki page[/url]

[pentium]

It looks like it wasn't yet anchored to the column and slipped off.