MINNEAPOLIS-MN FREEWAY BRIDGE COLLAPSE UPDATE ONE

There is still no confirmed reports of fatalities- but unconfirmed reports of up to 3 dead- after a 2000-foot long section of the Interstate-35W(est) bridge in downtown Minneapolis collapsed just after 6 pm Central time.

Screen captures show at least 2 dozen vehicles trapped on collapsed sections of the bridge. Some are hanging off collapsed portions of bridge.

The fires on the east end of the collapse are no doubt vehicles crushed by the falling concrete and steel on a parkway that ran perpendicular to the bridge- where the fire department aerial is parked.

Minneapolis-St. Paul medical centers report "at least 15 trauma patients" and divers are searching for victims in the Mississippi river.

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