One reported dead when truck hits span in Mall of America parking ramp At least one person was killed Friday night when a small truck struck a concrete span in the parking lot at the Mall of America parking lot, causing the span to collapse, Bloomington police said. The narrow rectangular span collapsed when it was struck by a U-Haul truck, police said. The span fell on the front of the truck. One person was being extracted from the vehicle at about 9 p.m. Bloomington police and fire personnel responded to the report from the fourth floor of the parking lot near Nordstrom’s at about 8:30 p.m. The incident appeared to be an accident and not intentional, police said. Photo by David Bjorn Olson story update by StarTribune

One reported dead when truck hits span in Mall of America parking ramp

At least one person was killed Friday night when a small truck struck a concrete span in the parking lot at the Mall of America parking lot, causing the span to collapse, Bloomington police said.

The narrow rectangular span collapsed when it was struck by a U-Haul truck, police said. The span fell on the front of the truck. One person was being extracted from the vehicle at about 9 p.m.

Bloomington police and fire personnel responded to the report from the fourth floor of the parking lot near Nordstrom’s at about 8:30 p.m.

The incident appeared to be an accident and not intentional, police said.


Photo by David Bjorn Olson story update by StarTribune

  1. Date Posted Icon 3rd August 2012
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    3. Tags Icon #bloomington#breaking news#mall of america#minneapolis#minnesota#twin cities#news
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    OMG NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :0
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    It’s scary to think that I was there when it happened… I’ll be keeping everyone in my thoughts
  8. stefron reblogged this from stuffaboutminneapolis and added:
    MELISSA HE DIED :(((((((((((((((((((((((((((( We were
  9. kinda-mental said: omg…
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    Almost had this call tonight but...few other units were closer
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    I can’t believe that fucking happened
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    Holy shit I was just there today….
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    news. I still can’t get over it.
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    Well this makes me feel safe.
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  25. halflingoftheshire said: Oh man. I certainly hope they’re okay. MOA is so popular, that could have been a lot worse.
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