http://www.omaha.com/article/20100617/NEWS01/706179914#no-way-out-in-bridge-collapseBy David Hendee
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
NORFOLK, Neb. — The quickly cascading death throes of a collapsing railroad bridge made escaping it impossible for three railroad workers who were dumped into the raging Elkhorn River, witnesses said.
The tumbling bridge creaked and groaned as steel girders strained. Rails seemed to stretch — and momentarily hold the spans — before ripping out of the ground on the south bank, said brothers Raun and Randy Matteo of Norfolk.
Two Nebraska Central Railroad Co. workers survived the collapse Tuesday. One remained missing Wednesday. The railroad has not identified the employees.
“Those guys just took off running as much as they could, but they didn't have a chance,'' said Raun Matteo, who witnessed the bridge tumble as he was watching to see if the rising waters would threaten his business.
Two of the railroad workers ran toward the north end of the bridge. One ran south.
Randy Matteo said the falling spans dropped all three men into the flood-swollen river.
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