Kleiton De Madeiros, 39, of Montclair, NJ, was killed Wednesday, Nov. 11 in the shocking collapse at the Loop Parkway bridge over Reynolds Channel on Long Island’s South Shore, New York State Police said.
Diogo De Oliveira, 38, of Elizabeth, NJ, remained missing Thursday, state police said. Search efforts continued in hopes of finding him.
De Madeiros and De Oliveira were both members of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, according to the union.
“Every single day, our members step onto high-risk job sites to maintain and build the critical infrastructure our communities rely on,” the IUPAT wrote on Facebook. “Today is a sobering reminder that our work is inherently dangerous and that worker safety must always come first.”
De Madeiros and De Oliveira were part of a crew working on temporary scaffolding above Reynolds Channel when the scaffolding collapsed around 11:50 a.m. Wednesday, authorities said.
Six other IUPAT members suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the collapse and avoided falling into the water, according to state police and the union.
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