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Update: Fatal crane accident

New Media Producer: Nick Storm  

Update Fri, 5:25 pm: A construction accident involving a crane killed one person and seriously injured another at the site of the Old Riverside Downs Racetrack along the Ohio River. 

No names or any other details of the accident have been released. Southbound traffic on the Twin Bridges was shut down for about ten minutes following the accident to allow an ambulance crew to cross the bridge northbound.

Previously: One person is dead, another seriously hurt after a crane accident in Henderson.   The accident happened just before 2 pm on the Old Riverside Downs Property. Sheriff's deputies tell us one of the victims is reported to be about 19 years old, and the other middle aged. Their names have not yet been released.

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