Local media has shown footage of firefighters climbing on the wreckage of the bridge (AFP)
Here are the updates of the Florida University footbridge collapse:
According to local media, the pedestrian bridge was constructed as a person was killed on the Miami-Dade highway.
Munilla Construction Management, the company that constructed the footbridge, said in the statement saying their "thoughts and prayers go out to everyone affected by this terrible tragedy." It further added that the company is doing everything they can to assist.
The statement also said they will conduct a full investigation to determine what went wrong.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department personnel and other rescue units work at the scene of the footbridge collapse.
US Senator Bill Nelson told local TV station CBS Miami that six to ten people were killed in the footbridge collapse.
Eight vehicles are trapped in the bridge wreckage.
- FIU (@FIU) March 15, 2018
The police has advised people to avoid the Tamiami Trail area and SW 107 Avenue.
#MDPD is on the scene of a bridge collapse near @FIU. Please avoid the area of Tamiami Trail and SW 107 Avenue until further notice. More information to follow. @MiamiDadeFire@FIUPOLICE@FLHSMVpic.twitter.com/zG7WS6WuqC
- Miami-Dade Police (@MiamiDadePD) March 15, 2018
The Florida Highway Patrol has said that several people were killed, according to US networks.
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