MIAMI UNIVERSITY PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE COLLAPSES KILLING AT LEAST FOUR JUST DAYS AFTER IT WAS INSTALLED TO 'IMPROVE STUDENT SAFETY'

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Four confirmed dead in Miami, Florida, U.S.A as bridge collapses trapping cars under. Fear looms the number of casualty will increase as firefighters continue to move rubbles...
The £8million pedestrian bridge built across an eight-lane busy highway was installed last
Saturday to improve students' safety crossing to the Florida International University.

FIU newly built bridge collapse on at least 5 cars pic.twitter.com/ArlNIN9jK5

— Damani: (@damany_reed) March 15, 2018

Installed under eight hours using Accelerated Bridge Construction, the bridge was expected to withstand a Category 5 hurricane and stand for 100 years.

The pedestrian bridge collapsed with about 9 cars under.
Police have ordered helicopters away from the scene as the whirring of their blades were making it impossible to hear survivors in the rubble.

Crews are cutting blocks of wood to build a sturdy platform to hold up the #fiubridge as they peek under. @MiamiHerald pic.twitter.com/rAIdn6jPL0

— Monique O. Madan (@MoniqueOMadan) March 15, 2018

"We're working our way into the pile trying to create holes that we can actually physically see," Miami-Dade Fire Department Division Chief Paul Estopian told reporters.

Tiona Page told ABC News that the screams coming from the cars were "terrifying."

"As soon as I looked outside, I saw dust flying everywhere," she said. "I knew the bridge had collapsed."

Construction workers on the scene told a reporter from the Miami Herald that the cause was likely to be an “engineering failure.”

Police sources telling me “possibly 5 dead so far.” On scene: Miami-Dade, Doral, Sweetwater and state police. Chaplains are in route. @MiamiHerald pic.twitter.com/2qngfMwVjB

— Monique O. Madan (@MoniqueOMadan) March 15, 2018

CRUEL FATHER ASSAULTS '10-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER' BY HIRING SOMEONE TO PERFORM GENITAL MUTILATION ON HER WITH A RAZOR BLADE ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS AS PUNISHMENT

“We thought something fell. But then we saw the bridge collapse and it was just surreal at that moment. It was very scary,” says Damany Reed, who witnessed bridge collapse at Florida International University https://t.co/nwga3HdCdk pic.twitter.com/PLu1rIi62d

— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 15, 2018

President Donald Trump's Press Secretary Sarah Huckbee Sanders said the president is "aware" of the deadly pedestrian bridge collapse at the Florida International University campus in Miami, and will "offer whatever support is needed" to local officials.

"Using an innovative approach to bridge construction, the main span, which weighs 950 tons, was built next to Southwest 8th Street.

NEW DETAILS: Miami-Dade Fire Rescue confirms that four people are dead and nine others were injured in the pedestrian bridge collapse near FIU.https://t.co/wsFJfl87WS

— NBC 6 South Florida (@nbc6) March 16, 2018

"This technique reduced potential risks to workers, commuters and pedestrians and prevented traffic tie-ups in the area"

In a statement, the university said it was "shocked and saddened about the tragic events unfolding on campus."

"At this time we are still involved in rescue efforts and gathering information," the university said. "We are working closely with authorities and first responders on the scene."

Florida Governor Rick Scott tweeted that he was aware of the collapse and that he would be in "constant communication" with law enforcement throughout the day.