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Miami Pedestrian Walkway Collapses Onto Road, Killing At Least 4

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Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Officials in Miami have just announced that at least four people are dead after a pedestrian walkway collapsed today. Construction crews had just started to install the bridge last weekend. It was intended to give students at Florida International University a safe way to cross a busy road. Here's Senator Marco Rubio tonight at a press conference. (SOUNDBITE OF PRESS CONFERENCE) MARCO RUBIO: I believe it was just Saturday where it was unveiled - a tremendous amount of excitement and pride. It was one of those things people would always see and remember the school about. So to see it and - on the ground there today and underneath it the lives of those who've lost their lives as a result of this and those who have been injured is just so tragic. SHAPIRO: Now federal and state officials are investigating to try to find out what went wrong and how many more people may have died. For more, let's turn now to Tim Padgett at Miami

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