#Shannon - Two men have died while working on a crane performing bridge works on the River Shannon in Limerick city yesterday afternoon (Saturday 29 August).
As BreakingNews.ie reports, the men were in a cage attached to a crane being used for remedial works on Thomond Bridge when the cable holding the cage snapped.
The cage then fell into the river, trapping the men underwater for a number of minutes before they could be reached by rescue divers.
A third man who had been in the cage was able to free himself and swim away, and is currently in hospital under observation.
BreakingNews.ie has much more on the story HERE.
