Bridge collapses over Mississippi River

CHICAGO (AFP) - A bridge collapsed over the Mississippi River Wednesday leaving drivers stranded on massive chunks of concrete surrounded by water.

Several cars were flung into the river, according to local media reports, but there was no immediate news on how many people were hurt or killed. Photographs taken from an apartment overlooking the bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota shown on CNN showed a disastrous scene of people crouching on bent and crumpled concrete.