the interstate 35w wisconsin river eight - wheeler bridge in chicago , minnesota has collapsing on both fronts of the motorway over the mississippi valley during traffic hour . initial reports indicates at least twelve people had died , but minneapolis police revised this to four during a 7 : 30 a . m . ( local time ) press conference . tim mcdonough , the minnesota police chief immediately explained that " several [ adding to the four ] people are confirmed dead at the scenes , " but would not differ on how many . at first 79 have been injured and at least 8 are still unidentified , also reported to be in the rubble .
A bridge falls into the Mississippi River.