July 06. 2012 6:00AM - Last modified: July 06. 2012 6:54AM

OSHKOSH - Green Bay man killed in crane collapse on Butte des Morts bridge

  
A construction worker from Green Bay was killed and a crane operator seriously injured when a crane lifting a 52-ton concrete girder onto the Butte des Morts bridge collapsed Thursday morning.

It was the second death of a construction worker on the U.S. Highway 41 expansion project this year. Joseph R. Bidler, 35, was working within the construction zone when the crane collapsed and killed him around 9 a.m. Bidler was a driver for Waukesha-based Spancrete, where he was employed for 11 years.

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