08.01.2009

Crane operator dies two weeks after falling into lake

A crane operator has died two weeks after falling into Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans whilst working at the Twin Spans construction site.
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"Tilden Billiot, 65, of Westwego died on Tuesday, two weeks after the Dec. 23 crane accident sent him plunging 30 feet into the water," said Robert S. Boh, president of Boh Bros. Construction Co. The company is the main contractor on the project to replace the Interstate 10 bridges between Slidell and New Orleans, which were damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

The specific cause of Billiot's death at a New Orleans hospital was not released. A Boh Bros. spokeswoman refused to release any further information.

The accident was the second on the twin spans project since October 30, when a girder fell into the lake with 10 men attached to it. One of those men died.