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Six Dead, 10 Hospitalized After Bridge Collapsed On Florida Campus

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Six people are dead and ten others remain hospitalized after a newly installed pedestrian bridge in Florida collapsed Thursday, crushing the people and cars underneath.

The pedestrian bridge in Miami was reportedly installed Saturday, five days before Thursday’s collapse. The college said the bridge was built to lower the risk for workers, walkers, drivers and would lead to a decrease of traffic in the area, The Miami Herald reported.

The bridge was 174-foot and weighed 950-tons. It was installed “in a few hours” using “accelerated bridge construction” methods, the university said. The bridge cost $14.2 million dollars and was part of $19.4 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

At least eight cars were crushed underneath the bridge, as first responders were clearing debris to rescue anyone possibly stuck underneath. It is unclear if any of the people killed were in their cars or if they were walking underneath the bridge, which had not yet been opened to the public, when it collapsed. (BREAKING: Five-Day-Old Pedestrian Bridge Collapses On Florida Campus, Fatalities Reported [VIDEO])

The names of the dead and injured have not yet been released to the public.

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