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Federal officials investigate fatal bridge demolition

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COVINGTON, Ga. (AP) — Federal workplace safety officials are investigating a bridge demolition accident that killed one worker and injured two others. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the injured workers were in critical condition Wednesday. Authorities have identified the dead man as 33-year-old Demario Battle. A cousin tells WSB-TV that Battle had recently taken a job with the concrete-cutting company that was working on the bridge that fell into the Yellow River on Tuesday evening. An aunt tells WXIA-TV that Battle was a loving father who had nine children between the ages of 3 and 15. 

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