MIAMI, FLORIDA — A newly installed pedestrian bridge collapsed on Florida International University's campus Thursday afternoon.<br /><br />The collapse occurred at about 1:30 p.m., and as of 5:00 p.m., at least eight vehicles were flattened and trapped under the collapsed bridge. <br /><br />According to authorities, at least nine people who had been pulled out of the rubble were immediately hospitalised, four people sadly did not make it, including a student from Florida International University.<br /><br />Florida state governor Rick Scott said that the state would do its best to determine the cause of the collapse. <br /><br />FIU had claimed the $14.2 million cable-supported bridge was an innovation as the construction techniques used were intended to expedite the work and minimize disruption of traffic. <br /><br />The project was a collaboration between MCM construction and FIGG Bridge Design. <br /><br />Florida senator Marco Rubio tweeted that: "The cables that suspend the Miami bridge had loosened & the engineering firm ordered that they be tightened. They were being tightened when it collapsed today."<br /><br />The 950-ton bridge was supposed to open to foot traffic in 2019. It was designed to connect the school to the Sweetwater neighborhood, home to more than 4,000 FIU students.
