Five Confirmed Killed in Minneapolis Bridge Collapse

World | August 3, 2007, Friday // 00:00

Five people are confirmed to have died in the Minneapolis, Minnesota, bridge collapse, CNN reported.

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office said Friday that four bodies were recovered Wednesday and one was recovered Thursday. Officials said at least 79 people were injured and eight people remain missing.

The death toll is expected to climb as authorities piece through wreckage.

Only four of the five people confirmed dead were identified. They were Sherry Lou Engebretsen, 60, of Shoreview, Minnesota; Julia Blackhawk, 32, of Savage, Minnesota; Patrick Holmes, 36, of Mounds View, Minnesota; and Artemio Trinidad-Mena, 29, of Minneapolis.

The disaster prompted US Transportation Secretary Mary Peters on Thursday to urge all states to immediately inspect all bridges of the same design. There are about 750 of them across the United States, according to Brian Turmail, a spokesman for the Transportation Department.

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