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Thursday, March 15, 2018
Pedestrian bridge collapses over Miami highway
A newly installed pedestrian bridge collapses over a six-lane highway in Miami on a college campus, sparking a frantic rescue operation, police and university officials say.
NBC Miami account @nbc6 reports Florida Highway Patrol confirms that "several people are dead" after Miami pedestrian bridge collapses pic.twitter.com/yF055XsTdx
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 15, 2018
The Miami Herald reports that an unknown number of people and cars were trapped underneath the collapsed bridge, which connected Florida International University to a student housing area.
Local station NBC 6 is reporting that several people have been killed in the accident.
— AFP
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