Viral Swing: ‘The sound was thundering’: Florida bridge collapse witnesses describe screams and chaos at scene

Friday 16 March 2018

‘The sound was thundering’: Florida bridge collapse witnesses describe screams and chaos at scene

Witnesses of the bridge collapse at Florida International University in Miami have described a cloud of dust being sent into the air alongside a thunderous boom as the newly built, 950-tonne pedestrian structure smashed into the street below, trapping several vehicles. People could be heard screaming from the trapped cars underneath the rubble of the bridge as emergency responders arrived and began to search for survivors. “The sound was thundering,” Piqué Philips, who was driving on the fourth floor of a parking garage adjacent to the bridge, told The Independent.