This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It will not be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8484489.stm
The article has changed 11 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 1 | Version 2 |
|---|---|
| Workers die in rail bridge falls | |
| (40 minutes later) | |
| Two workers have been killed after falling from the Forth Bridge and the Tay Rail Bridge in separate incidents. | |
| A maintenance worker who fell about 150ft from a ladder on the Forth Bridge just before 2100 GMT on Wednesday night was pronounced dead at the scene. | |
| The British Transport Police (BTP) said another worker was also killed after he fell onto a ledge while working on the Tay Bridge. | |
| The incident happened at about 0640 GMT on Thursday. | |
| Reports say the first worker was killed when he fell from a ladder on the north side of the Forth Bridge onto scaffolding below the railway tracks. | |
| Police, paramedics and life boat crews were called out but the man died at the scene. | Police, paramedics and life boat crews were called out but the man died at the scene. |
| Inquiries surrounding the circumstances of the second death are ongoing. | |
| A British Transport Police spokesman said: "At 6.40am on Thursday, 28 January, BTP received a report of a man having fallen from a ladder onto a ledge under the Tay Rail Bridge. | |
| "The man, who was a contractor, died at the scene. | |
| "Police and paramedics attended the scene and HM Railway Inspectorate has been informed." | |
| A report will be sent to the local procurator fiscal. |