Amid slow search, first bridge bodies identified
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) — The search for bodies in the Mississippi River was painstakingly slow as divers navigated debris and coped with low visibility after Wednesday’s deadly bridge collapse, officials said.
About 15 divers from local counties did a bank-to-bank search Thursday afternoon and found 11 vehicles, including an 18-wheeler, said Lynn Schwartz, Communication Specialist for the Bridge Collapse Command Center.
Vehicles with bodies inside are being taken out of the river, while empty ones are being marked and left in the water, she said.
Dozens of cars are trapped in the rubble or in the river after the eight-lane interstate bridge collapsed during Minneapolis’ evening rush hour. Eight people are still missing, said Hennepin County Sheriff Richard Stanek.
“[We] don’t have a hard understanding of how many vehicles are underneath the bridge and that won’t be known until there’s an opportunity to get some heavy equipment in to move the bridge or portions of it,” said Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty Thursday.
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