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Southwest 8th street as you see many rescue crews on the scene right now as they continue to try to work and possibly rescue some possible survivors that could be trapped underneath, search for them. five or six cars crushed in that collapse. we understand there are self deaths from this collapse as well. that is according to the florida highway patrol. several people were killed in this collapse. to give you an idea of this location once again, this is at southwest 8th street and southwest 109th avenue. so if you have an idea on fiu's campus, you know where this location is. but if you're tra...

International university is in the middle of spring break. this is a very, very large university. normally it would be very busy. i could see some students running outside trying to get a closer look at what was happening. and some people were definitely in shock, crying. it's not clear if it's because they knew the people affected or just the sheer shock of seeing sufficie such a large structure lying on top of these cars. still an active scene out here. they did ask us to move further away. from where i'm standing right now, i can't really see if they're still actively trying to get people o...

Individuals are part of that ta team, but that's how they go into a scene. they are trying to get in as quickly as they can to save lives, to protect the people who are trapped under there. are you seeing more activity there now? >> reporter: -- mover somehow around the vehicles that are here at the scene right now. it's really not clear if they're going to bring us closer to the bridge or move it around to open it up for more fire and ambulances to arrive. but it does look like they're actively trying to clear the way and get closer to the bridge. right now they're moving us further and furth...

>> well, listen, i'm no building engineer, but i have spent a awful lot of time with fire rescue departments around the country and obviously the on-scene commander is determined all of the resources available and trying to get them as quickly as possible to his scene. and likely that is going to mean one or more cranes to lift that heavy concrete off of the highway. however, it is also entirely possible that the people underneath don't have the luxury of that kind of time. >> yeah, exactly. >> so they have to figure out how they can create a crawl space as fast as they can, stabilize the craw...

Towards the scene in their white coats. and it seems like police officers were trying to figure out who was who, get students back, and any medical personnel on i saw one construction workers in front of me who was bleeding from the mouth. i don't know where he was when it collapsed. but he was laying on the ground and ems got him into a hauler and took him to the hospital. there is multiple cars crushed underneath. there are some cars that are completely crushed. and there are some cars that are half way crushed. it is just -- i -- i'm still looking at the street from -- on campus right now a...