Five people are confirmed to have died in the Minneapolis, Minnesota, bridge collapse. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office said Friday that four bodies were recovered Wednesday and one was recovered Thursday.Authorities have said the toll is expected to climb as they piece through wreckage.
The search for bodies in the Mississippi River was painstakingly slow as divers navigated debris and murky water after Wednesday's collapse, officials said.
About 15 divers from local counties did a bank-to-bank search Thursday afternoon and found 11 vehicles, including an 18-wheeler, said Lynn Schwartz, Communication Specialist for the Bridge Collapse Command Center.
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