NJ construction worker in deadly Long Island bridge scaffolding collapse ID’d as brother of Brazilian pol

Source: New York Post

Authorities have identified the two New Jersey construction workers who plunged into the icy waters off Long Island when a drawbridge scaffolding collapsed Wednesday, leaving one dead and the other still missing. The makeshift structure on the Loop Parkway drawbridge — which connects the Meadowbrook State Parkway to Long Beach — buckled just before noon, sending Kleiton de Madeiros, 39, and Diogo de Oliveira, 38, tumbling into the frigid waters of the Reynolds Channel, state police told multiple outlets. De Madeiros, of Montclair, was pulled out of the bay and rushed to a local hospital where he later died, Newsday reported.