A newly-installed pedestrian bridge has collapsed at Florida International University in the Miami area.
The 950-ton span fell Thursday afternoon at the university’s main Miami-area campus. Video shows vehicles underneath the bridge were hit.
This story is developing.
#BREAKING: Pedestrian bridge under construction collapsed near Florida international University, people trapped https://t.co/1QJ3FHZ6Uq
— GITMO 🇺🇸 (@President1Trump) March 15, 2018
Police sources telling me “possibly 5 dead so far.” On scene: Miami-Dade, Doral, Sweetwater and state police. Chaplains are in route. @MiamiHerald pic.twitter.com/2qngfMwVjB
— Monique O. Madan (@MoniqueOMadan) March 15, 2018
Florida Highway patrol is confirming 5 to 6 cars are crushed beneath the FIU bridge. Several fatalities, but no exact number given to media. Southwest 8th street has been shut down in both directions near the bridge.
— Nadege C. Green (@NadegeGreen) March 15, 2018
Cars are trapped under the bridge. Police confirm “multiple deaths.” @MiamiHerald pic.twitter.com/0XopSxLibE
— Monique O. Madan (@MoniqueOMadan) March 15, 2018
There are reports that cars and construction workers are stuck under the fallen bridge
— PantherNOW (@_PantherNOW) March 15, 2018
Police telling me there are “mass casualties” after bridge at FIU collapses to the ground. @MiamiHerald
— Monique O. Madan (@MoniqueOMadan) March 15, 2018