A new 950-ton pedestrian bridge at Florida International University in Miami-Dade county collapsed Thursday afternoon, injuring an unknown number of people.
The bridge, which FIU said swung into place on Saturday, spanned Southwest Eighth Street and several lanes of traffic near Southwest 109th Avenue.
“The new bridge collapsed,” Miami-Dade Police Detective Artemis Colome said. “There are multiple vehicles underneath.”
He did not know at 2:15 p.m. how many people were injured or if anyone died. Television news reports showed multiple rescuers attempting to reach people and at least one patient on a gurney.
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