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OROVILLE, Calif. - A highway overpass that was under construction collapsed Tuesday, crushing a delivery truck and seriously injuring a construction worker who clung to a steel beam as it tumbled 50 feet to the ground.

Firefighters swarmed the FedEx delivery truck to cut its driver from underneath a large steel beam that crushed the hood but missed the cab. A second beam landed on the back of the truck.

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The cause of the collapse was being investigated.

The driver, Robert Sylvester, 45, of Chico, was pulled free about 21/2 hours after he was trapped. He suffered only a sprained ankle and minor cuts, his wife, Carol, told The Associated Press.

The construction worker, Jeffrey Doll, of Olivehurst, who was on top of the structure, also was injured when it collapsed at about 7:15 a.m.

Doll, 39, was in serious condition with a fractured pelvis, fractured left elbow and broken lower left leg at the hospital in Chico, hospital spokeswoma...

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