A section of causeway on a highway in Saskatchewan has collapsed into a lake, causing a crane that was being used for repairs to crash into the water.
No one was injured, but one eyewitness say it was a close for a member of the construction crew working to repair the structure.
"The guy jumped from the crane and then the whole cement pad gave away, and the crane toppled to the west and then right into the water," David Williams told CJME radio.
Police say the crane was working on a bridge section of the Buffalo Pound Causeway on Highway 2 north of Moose Jaw shortly before 7 a.m. Saturday when a portion of the bridge collapsed.
Saskatchewan's highways and infrastructure minister, Jim Reiter, said the causeway was undergoing $2-million worth of repairs as part of a bridge rehabilitation project. He said the crane fell after some girders gave way.
"Thankfully nobody was hurt ... but we're still extremely concerned, so we've got our engineers and our bridge people out there right now doing an investigation so we can find out what happened," Mr. Reiter said Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Reiter described the bridge as being on one of Saskatchewan's busier routes, carrying about 1,800 vehicles a day.
According to highways department spokeswoman Rosann Semchuk, the bridge was built in the 1970s.
The highway, which is commonly used by people travelling between Moose Jaw and Saskatoon, is now completely closed. Ms. Semchuk said crews could have one of the causeway's two lanes open by some time next week