佛罗里达过街天桥坍塌造成4人死亡，印网民: 不止印度会发生这种事

Florida foot bridge collapse leaves 4 people dead

佛罗里达人行天桥坍塌造成4人死亡

MIAMI: A newly erected pedestrian bridge spanning several lanes of traffic collapsed at Florida International University on Thursday, killing four people, Miami-Dade County fire chief Dave Downey said.

迈阿密:迈阿密戴德县消防队长戴夫唐尼称，本周四佛罗里达国际大学一座刚建成的过街人行天桥坍塌，造成4人死亡。

Emergency personnel with sniffer dogs searched for signs of life amid the wreckage of concrete slabs and twisted metal after the 950-ton bridge crushed vehicles on one of the busiest roads in South Florida.

950吨重的桥梁发生坍塌并砸中了多辆正穿行于南佛罗里达最繁忙的公路之一的车辆，紧急救援人员带着嗅探犬在混凝土板和扭曲的金属残骸中寻找幸存者的生命迹象。

At least eight vehicles were trapped in the wreckage of the bridge and at least 10 people have been transported to hospitals, officials and doctors told news conferences.

官员和医生向新闻媒体通报，至少有8辆车被困在天桥残骸中，有10人被送往医院。

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Witnesses told local media the vehicles were stopped at a traffic light when the bridge collapsed on top of them at around 1:30 p.m. ET (1730 GMT).

目击者告诉当地媒体，下午1:30分左右，车辆正停下等待绿灯，天桥突然从车顶上坍塌下来。

“We’re working our way into the pile trying to create holes that we can actually physically see,” Miami-Dade Fire Department Division chief Paul Estopian told reporters.

迈阿密:迈阿密戴德县消防局长保罗艾斯托皮恩告诉记者：“我们正努力从残骸中打通几个孔洞，以便观察到内部情况。”

At one point, police requested television helicopters leave the area so rescuers could hear for any sounds of people crying for help from beneath the collapsed structure, CBS Miami television said.

哥伦比亚广播公司迈阿密电视台说，警方一度要求电视直升机飞离这一地区，以便救援人员能够听到从倒塌的建筑物下面传出的任何呼救。

Complicating the rescue effort was the uncertainty about the integrity of the bridge, parts of which remained off the ground, much of it inclined, local media reported.

据当地媒体报道，这座桥梁的完整性很不稳定，部分桥体仍在地面上，但大部分已经倾斜，这使得救援工作非常复杂。

The 174-feet (53-meter) long bridge connects the university with the city of Sweetwater and was installed on Saturday in six hours over the eight-lane highway, according to a report posted on the university’s website.

根据公布在大学网站上的一份报告，该天桥长174英尺（53米），连接了大学与斯威特沃特市，周六在六小时内在八车道的高速公路上组装完毕。

“If anybody has done anything wrong, we will hold them accountable,” said Florida Governor Rick Scott, at a Thursday night press conference, after his office issued statement saying a company contracted to inspect the bridge was not pre-qualified by the state.

佛罗里达州长办公室发表声明称，一家负责监督天桥建设的公司没有通过州政服的预审。随后州长瑞克斯科特在周四晚间的新闻发布会上说，“如果有人做错了什么事，我们将追究他们的责任。”

The bridge was intended to provide a walkway over the busy street where an 18-year-old female FIU student from San Diego was killed while trying to cross last August, according to local media reports.

这座桥是为了方便人们穿行这条繁忙的街道，据当地媒体报道，去年8月一个18岁的佛罗里达国际大学的圣地亚哥女学生试图通过马路时被撞身亡。

Students at FIU are currently on their spring break vacation, which runs from March 12 to March 17.

佛罗里达国际大学的学生们目前正在度春假，假期为3月12日至3月17日。

‘A MIRACLE’

【“一个奇迹”】

Student Aura Martinez was having lunch in a nearby restaurant with her mother when a waitress told her the bridge had collapsed. She ran outside and helped pull a woman out of her car, most of which was flattened by the bridge.

学生奥拉玛蒂内兹和母亲当时正在附近的一家餐馆吃午饭，一位女服务员告诉她桥塌了。她跑出餐馆，帮着把一个女人从车里拽出来，车的大部分都被桥给压扁了。

To keep the inevitable disruption of traffic associated with bridge construction to a minimum, the 174-foot portion of the bridge was built adjacent to Southwest 8th Street using a method called Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC). It was driven into its perpendicular position across the road by a rig in only six hours on Saturday, according to a statement released by the university.

为了使天桥施工最低限度地影响交通，天桥有174英尺的部分是在西南第八街附近使用一种称为桥梁加速建设方法（ABC）进行建造的。大学最近发布的声明中称，周六通过钻探设备，该桥体横跨路面，被垂直架设起来，耗时不到6个小时。

The $14.2 million bridge was designed to withstand a Category 5 hurricane, the most dangerous measure by the National Hurricane Center, and built to last 100 years, the university said.

该大学说，这座耗资1420万美元的天桥的设计可以抵御5级飓风，这是国家飓风中心公布的最危险等级，建筑寿命100年。

The National Transportation Safety Board was sending a team to investigate why it collapsed.

国家交通安全局已派出调查小组调查坍塌原因。

President Donald Trump thanked first responders for their courage on Twitter. Along with Governor Scott, US Senator Marco Rubio went to the scene of the collapse.

特朗普总统在推特上对现场急救员的勇气表示感谢。州长斯科特陪同美国参议员马可鲁比奥前往坍塌现场。

Munilla Construction Management, which installed the bridge was founded in 1983 and owned by five brothers, according to its website. In addition to its Florida operations, the company also has divisions in Texas and Panama and employs 500 people.

负责安装天桥的穆尼利亚施工管理公司成立于1983，公司网站信息显示公司由五兄弟经营。除佛罗里达州的业务外，该公司在德克萨斯和巴拿马也设有分公司，雇员500人。

“Munilla Construction Management is a family business and we are all devastated and doing everything we can to assist,” the company said in a statement.

该公司在一份声明中说：“穆尼利亚施工管理是一个家族企业，我们对此事故非常震惊，我们将竭尽所能全力协助处理”。

FIGG Engineering said it took part in the bridge project and the collapse was a first in its 40-year history.

FIGG工程公司说它参与了此座桥梁工程，这起坍塌事故是公司40年历史中的首次事故。

Both companies said they would cooperate fully with investigators.

两家公司均表示他们会全力配合调查。

Colorado-based engineering company BDI said in a tweet on March 12 that it was “thrilled” to have conducted structural monitoring during the “spectacular” process of moving the bridge into place. The company removed the tweet on Thursday and said in a statement it did so out of respect for individuals affected by the collapse. 

总部位于科罗拉多的BDI工程公司在3月12日的一条推特上说，在将大桥移动到位的“壮观”过程中，他们“非常激动”地进行结构监测。该公司周四删除了这条推文，并在声明中表示，此举是出于对受坍塌事故影响的个人的尊重。

Scott’s office said FIU picked a firm that was not pre-qualified to check the design of the bridge, which was required because it was such a long pedestrian bridge and other unique characteristics.

斯科特的办公室称，佛罗里达国际大学选择了一家未通过预审的公司审核桥梁设计，鉴于这个天桥的长度和其他独特的特征，这是非常必要的。

“The firm selected, Louis Berger, was not FDOT pre-qualified for this service, which is required under FIU’s agreement with the state. FIU’s design build team is responsible for selecting a pre-qualified firm and ensuring this process is followed,” the governor said in a statement.

州长在一份声明中说：“被选中的Louis Berger公司并未通过佛罗里达州运输部的预审来提供服务，预审资质是佛罗里达国际大学和州政服协议中规定的。佛罗里达国际大学的设计建造团队有责任选择预审合格的公司并确保跟进建造过程”。

Officials at the Miami office of global engineering services firm Louis Berger were not immediately available for comment.

全球工程服务公司Louis Berger的迈阿密办公室主管没有立即发表评论。

印度时报网友评论:

Ulhas Kulkarni

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 Ulhas-Navi Mumbai-1 day ago

No surprise there! Florida has a huge population of Indian DOWRY seekers.

一点也奇怪。佛罗里达有大量的印度人口

 

Imindian

5968

 Imindian-1 day ago

I can understand this to be a news in US. I don't understand why it's a news in India where this is routine.. People die in lots and nobody cares... There are rapes happening in broad daylight and nobody cares. Suddenly Times finds a breaking news of 4 people dead in some Florida.....

我能理解这个事故在美国成为新闻，我不明白为什么在印度也成为新闻。老百姓死亡那么多都没人关心。光天化日之下发生那么多强奸案没人关心。印度时报突然关注到远在佛罗里达发生的4人死亡的突发新闻。

 

Thirumurugan Kanagasabapathy

1631

 Thirumurugan-1 day ago

the construction company might be owned by Chinese

建筑公司可能是中国人开的。

 

Mahesh Bhoir

747

 Mahesh-1 day ago

when such tragedy happens in India, we all see what tamasha happens in indian media and blame game starts. issue remain unanswered

当印度发生这种惨剧时，我们在媒体上就能看到互相指责推诿的种种闹剧，事情一点没解决。

 

Indiannewsreader

894

 Indiannewsreader-1 day ago

....Modi is responsible - Rahul Gandhi

莫迪该对此事负责---拉胡尔甘地

 

Vishwas Kadam

37

 Vishwas-1 day ago

corruption is in USA also.... universal phenomenon

美国也有贪污腐败，这是宇宙普遍现象

 

Shivika Sharma

2686

 Shivika Sharma-1 day ago

Need to check wether lalu and his family was involved in the commission of contract

有必要核查一下拉鲁和其家族是不是参与进来了。

 

Ashish Vinayak

211

 Ashish-1 day ago

LOL and we thought it happens only in India!!!

我们还以为这种事只会发生在印度呢。

 

Revres Yxorp

8225

 Revres-1 day ago

Check for any Indian origin people involved in the award of contract, design or construction.

得查一下是不是有印度裔人参与了合同签订、设计和建造。

 

Deepu Maliakkal Deepu Maliakkal

269

 deepu Maliakkal Deepu Maliakkal-1 day ago

Bridge collapse in USA not believable. I think bribe contractors have emerged in USA

美国会发生桥梁坍塌，简直不敢相信。看来美国也出现了承包商行贿现象。

 

Gstmd Kc

2891

 Gstmd Kc-1 day ago

It is karma. They have killed millions of innocent people around the world. it is payback time.

这就是报应。他们在全世界杀害了数以百万计的平民，现在是报应来了。

 

Ginger Guru

1608

 Sathish S-Pluto-1 day ago

4 people dead because of their sins from previous birth. Om greem creem namaha!!

这4个人是死于他们前世的罪孽。

 

Rohan

 Anonymous-23 hours ago

Just wondering how our media would have reported same tragedy in India.

我就好奇了，如果这种悲剧发生在印度，我们的媒体会怎么报道。

 

Bajrang Sakpal

5356

 Bajrang-1 day ago

Is there any Florida in India also?

有在印度的佛罗里达人吗？

 

Raghu Kashyap

20472

 Raghu Kashyap-1 day ago

Similar incidents in India are common, in US the culprits will be punished soon unlike in India where the culprits are given eternal bail eventually get acquitted for lack of evidence , while courts could easily used the existing details.

在印度这种事故稀松寻常。在美国，罪魁祸首会很快受到惩罚，不像印度，罪犯只会被终身监禁，然后因为缺乏证据被判无罪。

 

Ajjampur Ramadas

1706

 Ajjampur Ramadas-Bangalore-23 hours ago

I am really surprised this happening in US too, such an advanced country.

我很吃惊这个事故居然也会发生在美国这么发达的国家。

 

A Kumar

3906

 A Kumar-23 hours ago

Looks like US is becoming India day by day

看起来美国一天天向印度靠拢了。

 

Sanjay

3709

 Sanjay-23 hours ago

Tragic loss for the families.....RIP

这对死难家属是极悲痛的损失，安息吧

 

Bajrang Sakpal

5356

 Bajrang-23 hours ago

Next time a bridge collapses in India we will say it happens in US too.

下次印度桥塌了我们就说美国也发生过这种事。

 

Santu Dutta

10703

 Santu-1 day ago

And I thought , this kind of tragedies take place only in a Country like India.

我本来以为，这种悲剧只会发生在印度这样的国家。

 

Ramaswami Narayan

9668

 Ramaswami Narayan-chennai-1 day ago

Send our army to help reconstruct bridge they will do wonders

把我们的军队派去重建天桥，他们会建成奇迹的。

 

Chandu

2033

 Gecko-1 day ago

According to bejp and the brainless North Indian bhakts, It is because of congress, Rahul and nehru. Modiji will correct it.

北印度的脑残粉会说，这是因为国大党、拉胡尔和尼赫鲁。莫迪会纠正这个错误的。

 

Vikas Anand

438

 Vikas Anand-1 day ago

Defence Minister Sitaraman should send Indian Army to rebuild foot bridges across the world!

国防部长希塔拉曼应该派印度军队去重建一座环地球的天桥。

 

Boelka

997

 Boelka-Bengaluru-23 hours ago

So.. it doesn''t happen only in Inida

所以说，不止是印度会发生这种事咯？

 

Niraj Rana

2682

 Niraj Rana-Pune-23 hours ago

Unfortunate...

太不幸了。