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| Miami Pedestrian Bridge Collapses; Multiple Fatalities Feared | |
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| A recently installed pedestrian bridge at Florida International University collapsed onto a busy road in Miami on Thursday afternoon, crushing cars beneath it, officials said, adding that they expected there would be several fatalities. | A recently installed pedestrian bridge at Florida International University collapsed onto a busy road in Miami on Thursday afternoon, crushing cars beneath it, officials said, adding that they expected there would be several fatalities. |
| Lt. Alejandro Camacho, a spokesman for the Florida Highway Patrol, said in a telephone interview at the scene that there were five or six vehicles crushed underneath the bridge. | Lt. Alejandro Camacho, a spokesman for the Florida Highway Patrol, said in a telephone interview at the scene that there were five or six vehicles crushed underneath the bridge. |
| “This pedestrian bridge weighs several hundred tons and it is still on the roadway,” he said. “I don’t know what is underneath.” He said he did not know how many people had been killed, but added, “there are going to be several, based on the amount of vehicles that are underneath.” | |
| The bridge, which has a span of about 174 feet over Miami’s 8th Street, connected the FIU campus on the western side of Miami with the city of Sweetwater. It had been built off-site and moved to the location on Saturday. The bridge was still under construction and not expected to open to the public until the end of the year, a university official said. | The bridge, which has a span of about 174 feet over Miami’s 8th Street, connected the FIU campus on the western side of Miami with the city of Sweetwater. It had been built off-site and moved to the location on Saturday. The bridge was still under construction and not expected to open to the public until the end of the year, a university official said. |
| Television footage showed fire rescue and police vehicles searching the scene, apparently for casualties. | Television footage showed fire rescue and police vehicles searching the scene, apparently for casualties. |