Snow Covered Bridge Collapses in Pittsburgh Injuring 10 People.
A bridge in Pittsburgh collapsed on Friday morning January
28. According to officials, the collapse sent multiple vehicles and public
buses plummeting into a park below.
Reports from CBS
Pittsburgh indicate that 10 people suffered minor injuries and four people were
rushed to local hospitals, but no one got life-threatening injuries.
Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John
Fetterman said "This could have
been much worse," while speaking with CBS Pittsburgh at the collapsed
site. According to Fetterman, a winter
storm delayed the start of schools and kept people away from the roads.
Photos of the scene
showed vehicles pilled up amid the rubble. Large leaks resulted from the gas
lines running along the bridge. According to an official statement, crews had
to shut off the lines.
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According to
officials the Allegheny County Port
Authority bus and five other vehicles were on the Overpass when it collapsed
into Frick Park below at around 6: 40 am.
Crews searched the area to see if anyone was in the park when the
collapse occurred.
Mayor Ed Gainey told
reporters that the bridge was last inspected in September. Darryl Jones the
Fire Chief said authorities were investigating the cause of the collapse as it
happened hours before US President Joe Biden was scheduled to visit the area to
speak about infrastructure and other things.
"With him coming today to talk about this
infrastructure bill, to discuss why this funding is so important, today is
significant," Gainey told reporters."… At the end of the day, we
could have had some serious injuries."
Firefighters, police, and medical teams responded to
the collapse. The red cross has also been contacted to help the victims a
safety official said.
Pennsylvania Gov Tom Wolf tweeted that he is
monitoring the situation and also advised residents to take alternate routes.
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