Bridge collapses into Mississippi
08-01-2007 | 08:15 PM
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Bridge collapses into Mississippi
My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved in this horrible tragedy.
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A freeway bridge over the Mississippi river has collapsed during the evening rush hour, sending cars into the water.
An entire span of the 35W bridge in the city of Minneapolis fell into the river at 6:05PM
Injuries are reported, and some people are stranded on parts of the bridge which have not collapsed.
Trucks and a school bus are also reported to have fallen into the river, and a lorry is reported to be on fire at the scene.
Tons of concrete crashed into the water after the interstate bridge, which is thought to be 40 years old, crumbled.
Television news pictures showed boats searching for injured people and cars stranded on large chunks of concrete in the water.
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A freeway bridge over the Mississippi river has collapsed during the evening rush hour, sending cars into the water.
An entire span of the 35W bridge in the city of Minneapolis fell into the river at 6:05PM
Injuries are reported, and some people are stranded on parts of the bridge which have not collapsed.
Trucks and a school bus are also reported to have fallen into the river, and a lorry is reported to be on fire at the scene.
Tons of concrete crashed into the water after the interstate bridge, which is thought to be 40 years old, crumbled.
Television news pictures showed boats searching for injured people and cars stranded on large chunks of concrete in the water.
08-01-2007 | 08:36 PM
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck
Lorry is a British term but is only used for the medium and heavy type. (auto transport)
Lorry is a British term but is only used for the medium and heavy type. (auto transport)
08-01-2007 | 08:45 PM
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this happened yesterday, but its in frisco...pretty much all i found on google
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...4KG5.DTL&tsp=1
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...4KG5.DTL&tsp=1
08-01-2007 | 08:59 PM
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First heard about this while listening to baseball on the radio (Royals are playing the Twins) - been flipping between CNN and FoxNews ever since I got back to the house.
This is definitely not good.
This is definitely not good.