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Minneapolis Bridge Collapse Video

August 2, 2007 at 9:11 AM | 0 Comments

Security camera video showed the Minnesota's Interstate 35W bridge's center section collapsing into the Mississippi river in less than four seconds. The northern end of the span goes first and the southern end follows.

Officials said at least 62 people were injured in the Wednesday evening disaster. Twenty to thirty people are still missing and searchers are currently combing the area. Gary Babineau was driving his truck across the bridge when it fell:

I could see the whole bridge as it was going down and as I was falling, and it just gave a rumble real quick, and it all just gave way, and it just fell completely all the way to the ground.

A 2001 study conducted by the Minnesota Department of Transportation found "several fatigue problems" in the bridges structure. About 100,000 cars a day travel over the bridge and the collapse occurred during rush hour yesterday.

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