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Footbridge Collapses Onto Busy
Highway, Crushes Eight Vehicles

By A. GOMEZ LICON number of fatalities was not
Associated Press immediately known.
MIAMI (AP) — A pedestrian The 950-ton bridge had
bridge that was under con- been assembled by the
struction collapsed onto a side of the highway and
busy Miami highway Thurs- moved into place Saturday
day, crushing at least eight to great fanfare. The span
vehicles under massive stretched almost 200 feet
slabs of concrete and steel to connect Florida Inter-
and killing multiple people, national University with the
authorities said. city of Sweetwater. It was
Search-and-rescue crews expected to open to foot
drilled holes into the debris traffic next year.
and used dogs to look for “We have a national trag-
survivors. They had to work edy on our hands,” Sweet-
carefully because part of water Mayor Orlando Lo- Emergency personnel respond to a collapsed pedestrian bridge at Florida International University
the structure was still un- pez said. on Thursday, March 15, 2018, in the Miami area. The brand-new pedestrian bridge collapsed onto
safe. At least 10 people a highway crushing several vehicles.
were taken to hospitals. The Continued on Page 4 (Roberto Koltun/Miami Herald via AP)