A newly installed pedestrian bridge across several lanes of traffic collapsed at Florida International University on Thursday.
Several people have been killed and vehicles crushed in the incident which occurred at the Miami-Dade County.
“Several people were killed. I just don’t know how many,” Alejandro Camacho, a spokesman for the Florida Highway Patrol told Reuters.
There were at least five to six vehicles crushed underneath the pedestrian crosswalk, he added.
At least six injured people were taken away from the scene and eight vehicles were trapped in the bride wreckage, Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez said in an interview with CBS Miami.
Munilla Construction Management, which installed the bridge, in a statement on Twitter, said the bridge suffered a “catastrophic collapse causing injuries and loss of life.”
The bridge connects the university with the city of Sweetwater and was installed on Saturday in six hours over the eight-lane highway.
It was 174 feet (53 m) long and weighed 950 tons.
The bridge was intended to provide a walkway over southwest Eighth Street, one of the busiest roads in South Florida.
“God bless everyone involved.” Startling video captured the aftermath of a pedestrian bridge collapse that has left multiple people dead at @FIU in Florida. https://t.co/MiQYWDiEl3 pic.twitter.com/5kt8mkPhJ2 — Fox News (@FoxNews) March 15, 2018
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