6 hospitalized after construction accident at I-395 bridge building site

Six workers were hospitalized after a construction accident at the Signature Bridge building site near Interstate 395 in Miami late Friday night, officials said.

Around 10:20 p.m., the City of Miami Department of Fire Rescue responded to reports of a construction site accident with reports of “trapped victims” located at 1490 NW 3rd Ave.

Upon arrival, initial reports suggested that crews found a cap beam on top of a pillar on the I-395 project “somehow toppled,” throwing the six workers roughly 30 feet and trapping one of them, prompting the incident to be upgraded to a Level 1 mass casualty incident and needing additional resources, Miami Fire Rescue said…

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