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'This is quite a young construction, normal life expectancy is 70 years,' Despres said at a news conference carried live on Canadian television. 'There was nothing to indicate, technically, how this could have happened.'

I think they're overlooking corruption in the consturction industry. What's that big colosseum in QC, the one with the massive cost over-runs which were partially determined necessary to fix construction problems?

An identical structure elsewhere in Laval, just north of Montreal, was closed and officials plan to inspect similar structures over the next 48 hours.

I'm sure this inspector is as impartial...

Several motorists told Canada's LCN television network they had called police up to one hour before the collapse to report seeing fissures appearing in the overpass roadbed and chunks of concrete falling to the road below.

.. as these inspectors.

Quebec officials on Sunday said a transport ministry worker then inspected the site, filed a report and left. Half an hour after his departure, Quebec police warned the ministry again that debris had been spotted falling from the bridge, Despres said.

Four minutes later, the overpass collapsed.

I feel sorry for the inspector. He'll probably be fired, and all because he said what he was supposed to say.