Trains involved in Minnesota Bridge Collapse - Timeline

Channel 4000 -August 1, 2007 - Updated August 2, 2007
MINNEAPOLIS -- 6:05 p.m. -- The entire span of the 35W bridge collapses where the freeway crosses the river near University Avenue. Tons of concrete collapse, and people are injured. Survivors are being carried up the riverbank.

6:08 p.m. -- Some people are stranded on parts of the bridge that aren't completely in the water. A tractor-trailer is on fire at the collapse scene. Dozens of rescue vehicles arrive. Divers are also in the water.

6:10 p.m. -- A school bus had just crossed the bridge before it collapsed. The bus did not go into the water, and broadcast reports indicate the children on the bus exited out the back door. Christine Swift's daughter, Kaleigh, 10, is on the school bus, returning from a field trip. Swift says her daughter called her screaming, "The bridge collapsed."

6:15 p.m. -- Aerial shots from local television stations show the entire span of Interstate 35W had crumpled into the river below.
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