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Description: One private contractor working on the Loop Parkway bridge Wednesday afternoon is dead and another is still unaccounted for in the waters of Reynolds Channel, while others sustained injuries when their scaffolding collapsed. NewsdayTV's Doug Geed reports.

<p>One private contractor&nbsp;working on the Loop Parkway bridge Wednesday afternoon is dead and another is still unaccounted for in the waters of Reynolds Channel, while&nbsp;others sustained injuries when their scaffolding collapsed. NewsdayTV&#39;s Doug Geed reports.</p>


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