According to WCCO, CNN reporting water erosion caused piling (?) to fail.
That’s got to be someone’s speculation. No way they could conclude that yet.
That doesn't make sense. All the bridge pilings were on dry land. The bridge had no structural elements in the river.
They had a random "expert" on why said that that was the cause of a bridge collapse in New York State.
First reports are always wrong, and Shep Smith is about as far from being an experienced civil engineer or expert of any kind as it is possible to be.
I’d LOVE to have Sheppie on one of my crews for a week or two. He’d be whimpering before the first coffee break.