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Diasabra 29 Januari 2022

Bridge collapses, drops city bus into Pittsburgh ravine

it happened.” passenger were not hurt, ac-
cording to Brandolph.
Sam Wasserman, a spokes-
person for Pittsburgh Mayor The bus had started its route
Ed Gainey, said a few hours in downtown Pittsburgh and
after the collapse that officials was headed to the suburban
were evaluating the scene and community of Braddock.
an urban search-and-rescue
team was still combing the “Judging by the time of day,
area for any other possible had this bus been traveling
victims. inbound, toward downtown,
there likely would have been
He said most of the 10 peo- more people on the bus and
ple who were evaluated for obviously could have been a
injuries were first responders much, much more dire situa-
checked for exhaustion or be- tion,” Brandolph said.
cause of the cold and snowy
weather. Three people were The bus had seven or eight
taken to hospitals and none cameras and any footage they
had critical injuries, Wasser- captured of the collapse will
man said. be part of the investigation.

The scene was reminiscent Neighbors said a gas com-
of the aftermath of an earth- pany worker went door-to-
quake, with a large crack on door to get them to evacuate
(AP) — A 50-year-old also flew drones to make sure the structure, the deck hit- the end of the bridge where from the immediate vicinity
bridge collapsed in Pitts- no one was under any col- ting the ground,” said Ken the bus landed. There was before the gas was success-
burgh early Friday, re- lapsed sections. Five other Doyno, a resident who lives also a car upside down in fully shut off.
quiring rescuers to rappel vehicles were also on the four houses away. “I mean, front of the bus.
nearly 150 feet (46 meters) bridge at the time. The cause the whole house rattled at “Apart from just this abid-
and form a human chain was being investigated and that point.” A two-part, elongated Port ing noise, we could begin to
to reach occupants of a crews were searching under Authority of Allegheny smell gas and that was the
bus that had plummeted the debris for additional vic- Ruptured gas lines along the County bus was on the bridge truly frightening thing, then
with the span into a park tims. bridge produced the leak and when it collapsed, with two with that smell we both said,
ravine. the supply of gas was shut off passengers aboard in addi- let’s get dressed and get out
City officials said the Forbes within a half-hour, city offi- tion to the driver, said Adam of here,” said Lyn Krynski,
The collapse came hours be- Avenue Bridge over Fern cials said. Brandolph, spokesperson for whose home is nearest the
fore President Joe Biden was Hollow Creek in Frick Park, the transit agency. All three bridge.
to visit the city to promote his came down at 6:39 a.m. Wit- A spokesperson for the Na- were taken off safely.
$1 trillion infrastructure law, nesses said the loud noise tional Transportation Safety “It sounded like a weather
which has earmarked about from the collapse was fol- Board, an independent gov- About two hours after the phenomenon more than any-
$1.6 billion for Pennsylvania lowed by a hissing sound and ernment agency that inves- collapse, Brandolph said, one thing,” said Douglas Gwilym,
bridge maintenance. the smell of natural gas. tigates transportation prob- of the passengers was on an- who was shoveling about an
lems, said Friday the agency other bus when the passenger inch of snow when he heard
There were minor injuries “The first sound was much was sending a team of about began complaining of inju- the noise. “It was all I had to
from the collapse but no fa- more intense, and kind of a 10 people to investigate “not ries and was taken to a hos- compare it to — it was this
talities, said authorities, who rumbling, which I guess was only what happened but why pital. The driver and other odd, whooshing sound.”

Prosecutors in Floyd killing probe use-of-force training

(AP) — Minneapolis po- custody of the person that a use of force, including the situation. The manual also prosecutors have sought to
lice officers are trained neck restraint was used, she duty to use the least amount indicated the officers were show jurors that responding
that they have a duty to said. And they must call for of force necessary. On taught about use of force, de- paramedics were not given
intervene to stop unrea- medical assistance and render Thursday, she said officers fensive tactics and the U.S. important information, and
sonable force, the com- aid while EMS is on the way must stop once the person Constitution. that Floyd should have been
mander of the depart- “to make sure that we do ev- is no longer resisting, then given medical attention im-
ment’s training division erything we can to save a per- render any necessary medical Whether the officers de- mediately.
testified Friday at the trial son’s life.” aid they’re trained to provide prived Floyd of medical aid is
of three former officers until medical personnel ar- a key element of the case, and
charged with violating Federal prosecutors say for- rive, and that Thao, with the
George Floyd’s civil rights mer Officers J. Alexander department since 2012, was
when he was killed under Kueng, Thomas Lane and also certified in CPR.
the knee of fellow Officer Tou Thao failed to act to save
Derek Chauvin. Floyd’s life on May 25, 2020, Lane and Kueng were sworn
as Chauvin knelt on the Black in as officers on Dec. 10,
Inspector Katie Blackwell man’s neck for 9 1/2 minutes 2019, after completing train-
said officers are also trained while Floyd was handcuffed, ing at the academy.
on neck restraints and how facedown and gasping for air.
they should be applied, and Kueng knelt on Floyd’s back, Blackwell said Lane and
that they must provide fol- Lane held his legs and Thao Kueng would have received a
low-up care because there kept bystanders back. 250-page manual at the acad-
could be health issues in- emy that told them officers
volved. Blackwell, on the stand for a are responsible for their ac-
second day, said Thao’s train- tions and the actions of their
Officers also must tell para- ing record included refresher partners, as well as action
medics or others who take courses in 2018 and 2019 on they decide not to take in a