It’s unclear who shot a video of a construction excavator knocking down a large portion of the westbound Washington Bridge last Friday, sending debris slamming down onto two barges and into the Seekonk River.

A large portion of the condemned westbound Washington Bridge heading into Providence, Rhode Island, was demolished, and although the state says the demolition went according to plan, others have raised concerns,

And during the past eight years, three J.R. Vinagro workers have died on worksites, according to federal safety documents. J.R. Vinagro is the subcontractor to the lead contractor — Aetna Bridge — who was awarded the demolition contract for nearly $100 million on the westbound side of the Washington Bridge.

Video of the bridge span crashing down onto the barge circulated on social media, causing concern that something had gone badly wrong. Not so, according to DOT spokesman Charles S