NTSB Advisory
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594
May 24, 2006

COLLAPSE OF GIRDER INTO TRAFFIC ON I-70 IN COLORADO SUBJECT OF PUBLIC NTSB MEETING

The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public Board meeting on Wednesday, May 31 at 9:30 a.m., in its Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, DC.

There is one item on the agenda: Highway Accident Brief - Passenger Vehicle Collision with a Fallen Overhead Bridge Girder, Golden, Colorado.

On May 15, 2004 a steel girder installed four days earlier, and secured with a temporary bracing system, sagged into the eastbound lanes of I-70 and struck a sport utility vehicle. All three people in the vehicle were killed in the accident.

Directions to the Board Room: Front Door located on Lower 10th Street, directly below L'Enfant Plaza. From Metro, exit L'Enfant Plaza Station at 9th and D streets escalator, walk through shopping mall, at CVS store take escalator down one level. Board Room will be to your left.

The public may also view the Board meeting via a live or archived webcast by accessing a link under "News & Events" on the NTSB home page at www.ntsb.gov.

NTSB Media Contact: Lauren Peduzzi, 202-314-6100, peduzzi@tnsb.gov