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 dangling bus.
PITTSBURGH - A 50-year-old bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh early Friday, requiring rescuers to rappel nearly 150 feet (46 meters) and form a human chain to reach occupants of a bus that had plummeted w.
Rescuers had to rappel nearly 150 feet down a Pittsburgh ravine and form a human chain to reach a few people after a bridge collapsed and took a municipal bus down with it. The collapse early Friday came hours before President Joe Biden visited the city to promote his $1 trillion infrastructure law. At least four people were injured, but there were no deaths. The bridge in a park over Fern Hollow Creek came down just before 7 a.m. The cause was being investigated. The bus driver told WPXI-TV that he believed the bridge was collapsing as soon as he reached it.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A 50-year-old bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh early Friday, requiring rescuers to rappel down a ravine and form a human chain to reach a few occupants of a
A two-lane bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh early Friday, prompting rescuers to rappel nearly 150 feet while others formed a human chain to help rescue multiple people from a dangling bus.