PITTSBURGH (AP) — Federal investigators are vowing to put a collapsed bridge in a Pittsburgh park “under a microscope” as they examine evidence.
That includes video from a municipal bus that plummeted along the span, prompting rescuers to rappel down a ravine and form a human chain to reach a few occupants.
Officials said 10 people, including some first responders, were evaluated and treated for minor injuries Friday morning, and three people were taken to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.
Federal officials on Saturday said they would examine the bridge’s “entire history” from design and construction, to maintenance and repair and all work up until the day of the collapse.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — A bridge spanning a ravine collapsed in Pittsburgh, requiring rescuers to rappel nearly 150 feet while others formed a human chain to help rescue multiple people from a bus.
The collapse early Friday came hours before President Joe Biden was to visit the city to promote his $1 trillion infrastructure bill, which includes bridge maintenance.
Authorities say there were minor injuries from the collapse but no fatalities.
Police reported the span, on Forbes Avenue over Fern Hollow Creek in Frick Park, came down just before 7 a.m.
A commuter bus fell along with the bridge when it collapsed.
