First vehicles pulled from wreckage of collapsed US footbridgeThe first two vehicles, flattened beyond recognition and with three bodies inside, have been extricated from the wreckage of a collapsed pedestrian bridge in the US, as workers continued to dig through the rubble. PEDRO PORTAL/AP Of the eight vehicles caught beneath the 950-ton bridge, six were trapped entirely, with four being "very difficult to extract". The bridge collapsed while under construction over a busy road between the campus of Florida International University and a neighbouring city. On Thursday, shortly before the bridge collapsed, a consultant to the transportation department met with members of the team responsible for the project. Juan Perez, director of the Miami-Dade Police Department, referred questions about the investigation to the National Transportation Safety Board.

Source: Stuff March 17, 2018 21:33 UTC