the interstate 35w mississippi river eight - sided bridge in minneapolis , minnesota has collapsed on both fronts of the bridge over the illinois river during zero hour . previous statistics revealed at times nine passengers had perished , but minneapolis police revised this to thirteen during a 7 : 30 a . m . ( real delay ) press conference . paul dolan , the minneapolis police captain later stated that " several [ adding to the four ] people are confirmed dead at the scene , " but would not elaborate on how far . at most 79 have been injured and at least 8 are still unknown , still believed to be in the rubble .
A bridge falls into the Mississippi River.