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Emergency personnel responds to a collapsed pedestrian bridge connecting Florida International University on Thursday, March 15, 2018 in the Miami area. The brand-new pedestrian bridge collapsed onto a highway crushing at least five vehicles.
Florida’s Governor, Rick Scott in a tweet said that he spoke with the Miami-Dade County Police Chief and will constantly monitor the situation. He also confirmed that he has left for the university and the local law enforcement along with the university officials will brief him about the incident. (Roberto Koltun/The Miami Herald via AP)
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Several people were seen being loaded into ambulances and authorities said they were searching for more people. (Daniel A. Varela/The Miami Herald via AP)
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Rescue workers walk on the rubble after the brand-new pedestrian bridge collapsed at Florida International University in Miami. The pedestrian bridge collapsed onto a highway crushing multiple vehicles and killing several people. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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This Thursday evening, June 21, 2012 photo shows the Chesapeake, Va., side of the new South Norfolk Jordan Bridge where a segment from the bridge construction dropped onto the railroad tracks below earlier in the day. The main companies behind the pedestrian bridge that collapsed in the Miami-area on Thursday have faced questions about their work and one of the companies was fined in 2012 when a 90-ton section of the South Norfolk Jordan Bridge bridge collapsed in Virginia. (Bill Tiernan/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
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Videos shared across social media platforms show at least five to six vehicles trapped underneath it. (WTVJ NBC6 via AP)
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This March 10, 2018 photo shows an early morning view of the main span of the pedestrian bridge that is being positioned to connect the City of Sweetwater, Fla., to Florida International University near Miami. (Pedro Portal/ The Miami Herald via AP)
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This photo provided by DroneBase shows the collapsed pedestrian bridge at Florida International University in the Miami area on Thursday. (DroneBase via AP)
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Live television reports show the injured being loaded onto ambulances. Seen here are rescue workers reponding to the scene. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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Here is another photograph from March 10, 2018, of the bridge that collapsed on Thursday. (Pedro Portal/ The Miami Herald via AP)
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Aerial view shows the pedestrian bridge that collapsed at Florida International University. (Reuters)
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Rescue workers cutting through the debris looking for survivors.
(WTVJ-NBCMiami.com via REUTERS)
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Emergency crews look for victims at the scene of a collapsed pedestrian bridge at Florida International University in Miami, Florida, in this still image from video. (WTVJ-NBCMiami.com via REUTERS)
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Reportedly the vehicles had stopped at a traffic light when the 950-ton bridge collapsed on top of them. (Reuters)
Read: At least four dead in pedestrian bridge collapse at Florida International University; rescue operation underway
