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9 Killed, 20 Missing in Bridge Collapse

HeadlineAug 02, 2007

In Minneapolis, the death toll from Wednesday’s bridge collapse over the Mississippi River has reached at least nine. Twenty people are reported missing.

Minneapolis Fire Chief Jim Clack: “We know that there was at least 50 vehicles, probably much more than that, on the bridge at the time of the collapse. We transported over 60 people to area hospitals. That number we expect to go up. At this point we have seven confirmed fatalities, and we expect that number to go up, as well.”

The cause of the collapse has not been determined, but officials have ruled out foul play.

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