CBS 4’s Rielle Creighton reports it’s turned from a rescue to a recovery operation.
Rescue workers combed through the rubble of a pedestrian bridge that collapsed onto several lanes of traffic at Florida International University, but hopes of finding more survivors were fading early on Friday, police said.
Six people were confirmed dead after the newly built 950-ton bridge crushed vehicles on one of the busiest roads in South Florida on Thursday.
“Unfortunately, this has turned from a rescue to a recovery operation,” a Miami-Dade police spokesman said on Friday morning. The number of the dead could rise as more vehicles could still be under the concrete and twisted metal, he added.
Emergency personnel with sniffer dogs searched for signs of life overnight.
At least 10 people were taken to hospitals and two remained critical, officials and local media reported.
Witnesses told local media the vehicles were stopped at a traffic light when the bridge collapsed on top of them at around 1:30 p.m. Thursday ET (1730 GMT).
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