the interstate 35w mississippi river eight - lane bridge in minneapolis , minnesota has collapsed on both faces of the highway over the arkansas rapids during happy hour . previous rumors indicated at least nine people had dies , but minneapolis cops revised this to four during a 7 : 30 a . m . ( real time ) video conference . tim menino , the minneapolis police chief later revealed that " several [ adding to the four ] people are confirmed dead at the scene , " but would not dwell on whether many . at least 79 have been injury and at least 8 are not unknown , and believed to be in the rubble .
A bridge falls into the Mississippi River.