Three workers were killed and four others injured when a bridge being prepared for demolition partially collapsed Oct. 16 in southern Mississippi.

The bridge carrying State Route 149 over the Strong River in Simpson County, located southeast of Jackson, Miss., had been closed to traffic for about a month as part of a bridge replacement project, Mississippi Dept. of Transportation officials said in a statement. Columbia, Miss.-based contractor T.L. Wallace Construction was working on the bridge ahead of a planned demolition, MDOT added. Simpson County Coroner Terry Tutor identified the three who were killed as Kevin Malone, Charles Igleharte and Charles Badger. All three were employees of T.L. Wallace, the contractor said in a statement.