Lawyers for Key Bridge collapse victims blast Dali operator for alleged cover-up
Lawyers for four of the men who died in the collapse expressed outrage over the alleged misconduct of the owner and operator of the cargo ship.
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WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren came to WJZ in the spring of 2004 from KARK-TV, an NBC affiliate station in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he worked as a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor. Solid reporting credentials and a reputation for breaking important news stories characterized Mike's work both there and at KTAL-TV, another NBC station in Shreveport, La. where he also was a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor.
He also worked as a reporter/producer/photographer for KLAX-TV, an ABC station in Alexandria, Louisiana, and started his career in broadcast journalism with a cable news program called First Edition News in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Mike holds a B.S. degree in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and grew up partly in both Chicago and Louisiana.
Lawyers for four of the men who died in the collapse expressed outrage over the alleged misconduct of the owner and operator of the cargo ship.
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