"It is exactly the opposite of what we had intended and we want to express our deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of those who have been affected," FIU President Mark Rosenberg said in a video. The bridge was scheduled to open to foot traffic and cyclists in 2019, and boost safety on a busy street where an FIU student was fatally struck by a vehicle last year. FIU is the second largest public university in Florida with about 50,000 students. The bridge, which was under construction, was meant to connect the FIU campus to the Sweetwater neighborhood, home to more than 4,000 of its students, according to a news release on the school's website. Kendall Regional Medical Center received 10 patients, including two in critical condition, said Dr. "Someone on the side of the road had asked a police officer if she had heard any response from the people inside the car," Carrasco said, "and she shook her head and said no." We had one that had laceration to his head that was unconscious, and we had two that were in major shock."ĭoctors and medical students ran to the scene from a nearby building and started giving medical attention to victims, said Isabella Carrasco, a student at the University of Miami, who had just passed underneath the bridge in a car.Ĭarrasco said she saw at least five or six cars crushed beneath the bridge. "They were working on top," Mendez told CNN affiliate WPLG. She told CNN affiliate WINK that she initially thought, "Why are they taking the bridge down?"Īfter seeing the collapse, she sprang into action and found four injured construction workers. Jenna Mendez was stopped at a red light one intersection away when she saw the bridge crumple before her eyes.
It was awful," he told CNN affiliate WSVN. "It sounded like the world was ending, and when you look back, all you see is the bridge on the floor. Giovanni Hernandez said it "sounded like a bomb, like multiple bombs in one." Witnesses described a confusing and horrifying scene. Witness: 'Sounded like the world was ending' FIU president Mark Rosenberg said the university followed all the processes required during the building of the bridge, and all contractors are certified by the state.Rick Scott said the state will determine whether any wrongdoing led to the collapse and, if so, people would be held accountable. Four deceased victims were located but have not been identified, Miami-Dade County Fire Chief Dave Downey.The bridge's main span, which weighs 950 ton, had just been installed Saturday over eight lanes, near the university in Miami. They were being tightened when it collapsed today." Rubio has been a visiting professor at the university for the past 10 years. Senator Marco Rubio, who visited the site Thursday, posted on Twitter: "The cables that suspend the #Miami bridge had loosened & the engineering firm ordered that they be tightened. Witnesses described hearing a loud boom Thursday and moments later, finding victims, including construction workers across the wreckage and people trapped in cars. Hours after the bridge collapsed, officials said early Friday that the rescue mission is now a recovery operation.Įmergency crews worked overnight in what Miami-Dade Police spokesman Alvaro Zavaleta called a "very slow process" in order to preserve evidence and the safety of possible victims and rescuers, because of unstable conditions at the bridge.Īt least nine people were transported to hospitals for treatment, authorities said.
A pedestrian bridge suddenly collapsed onto the road below near Florida International University, crushing cars and killing at least six people Thursday.
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