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. Several people were seen being loaded into ambulances and authorities said they were searching for people. (Roberto Koltun/The Miami Herald via AP)
Expect a lot of finger-pointing in what attorneys say will likely be multimillion-dollar litigation arising from Thursday’s bridge collapse at Florida International University.
The 174-foot bridge weighing 950 tons collapsed onto a state road, Southwest Eighth Street, near FIU’s campus in Sweetwater. It crushed several lanes of traffic below, killing at least six people, according to death toll reports released as crews continued rescue and recovery efforts Friday.
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