Police name 4 of those who died in Florida bridge collapse

MIAMI, FL — Three bodies were removed Saturday from the site of this week's collapse of an unfinished pedestrian bridge in South Florida, and workers who've toiled day and night to find them hope to recover the rest by the end of the day, officials said.

Authorities have said they believe at least six people were killed in Thursday's collapse near Florida International University, including the three recovered Saturday and one who died in a hospital.

Miami-Dade police have identified four of the people killed: Rolando Fraga Hernandez; Oswald Gonzalez, 57; Alberto Arias, 53; and Navarro Brown.

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The bodies of Fraga Hernandez, Gonzalez and Arias were recovered from crushed vehicles that workers extracted Saturday morning, police said.

The family of FIU student Alexa Duran has said that she was killed in the collapse, but police have not named her as being among the dead.

Miami-Dade County Deputy Mayor Maurice Kemp cautioned Saturday that the final death toll won't be known until all the vehicles are removed.

Workers covered the crumpled cars with tarps and placed them onto flatbed trucks that took them away.

Crews were "paying respect with a moment of silence" before sending them to the medical examiner's office, Miami-Dade police Director Juan Perez said.

"It's going to be a long process" to remove the remaining vehicles, Perez said, "because (of) the ... weight and size of the structure that is laying on top of these vehicles."

Late Saturday morning, officials said four vehicles remained smashed under the rubble. Workers hoped to free them by Saturday night, Perez said.

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