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By ANDREW DeMILLO and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. An inspector who failed to discover a crack in the Interstate 40 bridge linking Arkansas and Tennessee that prompted the span s closure has been fired, Arkansas transportation officials said Monday. Arkansas Department of Transportation Director Lorie Tudor said the inspector was fired after drone video showed the crack on the bridge spanning the Mississippi River in May 2019. Tudor said the crack was not noted by the inspector in his reports that fall or the following year.  

I-40 Bridge Inspector Fired, May Face Charges for Not Flagging Huge Crack in Span

I-40 Bridge Inspector Fired, May Face Charges for Not Flagging Huge Crack in Span A bridge inspector who apparently failed to flag a crack in a span of the Hernando de Soto Bridge that was shut down last week was fired and may face a criminal investigation, officials said. The crack on the bridge, which connects Memphis, Tennessee, to West Memphis, Arkansas, was seen in a 2019 drone video, Arkansas Department of Transportation Director Lorie Tudor told reporters, adding that the unnamed inspector was fired. The inspector, she added, did not note the crack in his reports. “This is unacceptable,” Tudor said.

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