A company behind the Miami Bridge that has collapsed announces bankruptcy

MIAMI (AP) – The subcontractor who built a pedestrian bridge that collapsed and killed six people last year in Miami is asking to be protected from bankruptcy.

Miami-based Munilla Construction Management said in a press release on Saturday that the Chapter 11 filing was not an attempt to evade responsibility for the collapse on March 15. The company is considering resolving the claims as part of the debt restructuring process.

The investigation into the bridge collapse continues, but a report released in November revealed design flaws that overestimated the strength of a critical section of the Florida International University bridge. Cracks were documented in the weeks preceding the collapse, but investigators did not blame these errors for the blast.

The company is being sued by survivors and families of the victims.