A highway bridge over a river in WashingtonState has collapsed, dumping vehicles and people into the water, the Associated Press news agency reported quoting police.
Trooper Mark Francis said on Friday the four-lane bridge collapsed about halfway between Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia.
Francis said he had no idea how many people were in the water or whether there were any injuries or deaths.
A Skagit Valley Herald reporter at the scene said a sheriff's office rescue boat had arrivedand rescue crews were looking for people inthe water.
The newspaper reporter saw one person sitting atop one vehicle in the water.
Source: AP