MINNEAPOLIS-MN FREEWAY BRIDGE COLLAPSE UPDATE TWO

From live media news conferences monitored here- there are now "6 confirmed dead" in the bridge collapse that occurred just before 6:10 pm Wednesday evening. One construction worker- among the crew doing work on four of the bridge's 8 lanes- is missing.

There are an estimated 50 vehicles in the Mississippi River itself that remain to be searched for victims.

Several dozen were injured including some of the 60 or so children who were travelling on a school bus when the bridge's elevated approach collapsed. The bus stayed on the tilted though intact span upright. Six of the injured were reported to be in critical condition.

The death toll will no doubt continue to rise as the submerged vehicles are searched.

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