FIU bridge collapse live coverage: Several killed in pedestrian bridge accident

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It was just build. So much for hiring good engineers.

 

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At least four people are dead and 10 others are injured after a bridge collapsed near Florida International University in Miami, officials say.

Rescue teams were still searching the rubble on Thursday night for victims trapped beneath the buckled footbridge.
The structure toppled over an eight-lane motorway on Thursday afternoon, crushing at least eight vehicles, according to police.
It is still unclear how many people were under the bridge at the time.

Miami-Dade Fire Chief Dave Downey said on Thursday night he could confirm at least four people were killed.
"This is going to be a long incident. We are going to have rescuers here through the night, if not longer," Chief Downey said.
At least 10 people were treated for injuries at theKendall Regional Medical Center, including two who were in "extremely critical condition", according to Dr Mark McKenney, director of general surgery.

The 950-ton (862-tonne), 174-foot (53m) bridge was erected on Saturday in just six hours over the highway, according to a story posted on the college website.

 

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A “mass casualty” event, was rapidly installed just last weekend, according to the Miami Herald. The FIU-Sweetwater UniversityCity Bridge was built using the Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) method that allowed the parts of the bridge to be built separately and assembled in “a single morning,” the Herald reported.

The 174-feet, 950-ton main span of the bridge was lifted onto the already-built supports on either end of the Tamiami Trail roadway and installed on March 10. The bridge was still under construction and not cleared for use until early 2019. The university has a dedicated center to studying and teaching the “innovative installation method,” which aims to reduce building time as well as time impeding on traffic and pedestrian access.

The National Transportation Safety Board tweeted that they would be “sending team to investigate bridge collapse in Miami” shortly after its Thursday afternoon collapse, which crushed cars beneath it, killing “multiple” people and injuring at least six others, per the mayor

 

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[FONT=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif]Just sad.

 

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They were were doing some king of stress test to the bridge. Wouldn't it had been smart to stop the traffic for a few hours to make sure it was safe?.