A city report is expected Tuesday on what caused the Bayview Bridge to partially collapse Friday morning.

The bridge is being demolished as part of the LRT Confederation Line project.

The collapse happened around 9:30 a.m. Friday, when a large portion of the span separated and fell on an excavator working on the site.

“I always approach these types of things as being preventable, there are no accidents. The key is to find out what happened,” said Kitchissippi Coun. Jeff Leiper, whose ward including the bridge.

“I don’t know what happened, why a portion of the bridge fell. Was is it something about how they were demolishing the bridge? It could be any number of things.”

The name of the machine’s operator, who was not injured, is not being released.

“I’m sure he was very shaken up. I understand he was very close to his cab when the bridge fell on the rear of the cab,” Leiper said.

It is not expected that the collapse will delay the construction of LRT.

The Ministry of Labour is also investigating.

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