I-35W Bridge Collapses
Breaking news, the I-35 bridge has just collpased for no apparent reason.
The Interstate 35W Mississippi River bridge near University Avenue has collapsed into the river.
Both the northbound and southbound lanes of 35W are lying in the Mississippi River.
There are multiple cars in the river and a couple cars on fire. According to one witness, there was a school bus full of children on the bridge.
Cars are still on the bridge.
Tons of concrete have collapsed and people are injured. Survivors are being carried up the riverbank.
Some people are stranded on parts of the bridge that aren’t completely in the water.
A tractor-trailer is on fire at the collapse scene.
“It is just horrific,” said witness Marilyn Franzen, who saw the bridge collapse. Franzen said she saw a school bus that managed to stop before the going over the edge of the bridge that she said was carrying 20-30 children.
The road has been under construction since the beginning of the summer.
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