Bridge collapse in Washington state sends cars and people into water

Part of bridge over the Skagit river gives way, with rescuers using boats to search for people in the water The major highway bridge linking the Washington state city of Seattle with Canada and the rest of the Pacific north-west region collapsed late on Thursday, dumping several vehicles and the people inside into a river. The four-lane Interstate 5 bridge collapsed about halfway between Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia, Trooper Mark Francis of the Washington state patrol said. Francis sa...