Florida pedestrian bridge collapse at FIU

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Breaking NEWS: Several dead after newly-installed 950-ton Florida bridge collapses. Vehicles trapped beneath.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DYWaWowW4AAfVNf.jpg

live stream here:

Retweeted WSVN 7 News (@wsvn):#BREAKING: Pedestrian bridge under construction at FIU has collapsed.... https://t.co/Qd0kgLuifG

— NORM LONG (@motelonfire) March 15, 2018

newly installed apparently. looks horrifying.

they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 15 March 2018 18:42 (six years ago) link

Just put it on Saturday using "accelerated" methods too

morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 March 2018 18:43 (six years ago) link

that's not good

they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 15 March 2018 18:55 (six years ago) link

University has sent an FIU Alert asking to stay away from the area between 107th Ave and 117th Ave. Firefighters and police are currently on seen.

— PantherNOW (@_PantherNOW) March 15, 2018

morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 March 2018 18:56 (six years ago) link

glad you are safe, Sotosyn

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 March 2018 19:05 (six years ago) link

Hi!

morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 March 2018 23:42 (six years ago) link

at least 6 dead but there may be more as they uncover :(

they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Friday, 16 March 2018 16:50 (six years ago) link

Had this been officially open?

burzum buddies (brownie), Friday, 16 March 2018 17:11 (six years ago) link

yeah for a handful of days

they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Friday, 16 March 2018 17:17 (six years ago) link

It had just been put in place across Southwest Eighth Street, on Saturday, and had not opened to pedestrians.

new noise, Friday, 16 March 2018 17:21 (six years ago) link

oh

they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Friday, 16 March 2018 17:22 (six years ago) link

We ran a story a couple weeks ago about the GRAND OPENING PARTY to be held the following weekend. We got a call from the media relations person: we got the story wrong, she said. When our reporter said she cited the info in a press release, the media relations person in essence admitted the university put out incorrect information. The real opening was January 2019. The party was to celebrate the partial opening.

morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 16 March 2018 17:40 (six years ago) link


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