Engineer who denied responsibility for overpass was in charge: witnesses

Witnesses at the inquiry into a Quebec overpass collapse say an engineer who denied responsibility for the construction of the structure was indeed the man in charge.

Several witnesses are pointing to Marcel Dubois as the man who oversaw the construction 30 years ago of the highway overpass that gave way last September, killing five people.

The testimony was heard today at the inquiry into the collapse run by former Quebec premier Pierre Marc Johnson.

Although he was the engineer on the site, Dubois says he was only in charge of surface roads and that some other unidentified engineer was in charge of the bridge.

The collapse in Laval just north of Montreal last Sept. 30 also injured six people.