A bridge inspector who apparently failed to flag a crack in a span of the Hernando de Soto Bridge that was shut down last week was fired and may face a criminal investigation, officials said. The crack on the bridge, which connects Memphis, Tennessee, to West Memphis, Arkansas, was seen in a 2019 drone video, Arkansas Department of Transportation Director Lorie Tudor told reporters, adding that the unnamed inspector was fired. The inspector, she added, did not note the crack in his reports. “This is unacceptable,” Tudor said. “From our investigation, we have determined the same employee who conducted the inspection in 2019 and 2020 failed to carry out his responsibilities correctly,” Tudor said, according to the Memphis Commercial Appeal. The incident is being referred to federal investigators, meaning that the inspector could face charges. “He didn’t see it,” Tudor said about the crack in the bridge’s truss. “But the reason …