Minneapolis Bridge Collapses into Mississippi River

Minneapolis fire apparatus are staged in the background on the East bank of the Mississippi river, close to the collapse area.






Emergency crews work to extricate a victim that was trapped in an SUV on the east side of the collapse.

 Medical workers and bystanders offered medical aid to dozen of victims that were removed from the scene.

 Firefighters survey several of the cars that were damaged by the bridge collapse.

 An overall view that looks from the East side of the Mississippi to the West side, with downtown Minneapolis in the background.

A section of the bridge collapsed onto an empty lot below.

A lone SUV rests on the first section of buckled roadway on the West side of the Mississippi river.

 Firefighters make their way to the scene of the bridge collapse, to look for any victims.

 Emergency crews work to free one victim that was trapped in their vehicle.

Firefighters inspect the last section of solid bridge where a nearby car shows the downward slope of the collapse site. 

At least a dozen cars were toppled into the water when the bridge buckled.

 Chiefs officers confer at a staging area where dozens of mutual aid units responded to in close proximity to the scene.