Two more victims found in bridge collapse

An automobile lies amidst the tangled wreckage on steel I-beams that make up part of the north end of the collapsed Interstate 35W bridge that spans the Mississippi River near Minneapolis, August 6, 2007.

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Two bodies were found on Thursday in the wreckage of the bridge collapse in Minneapolis, raising the total death toll so far to seven, police said.

The unidentified victims were removed and taken to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner, police said.

Eight people had been listed as missing from the August 1 collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge into the Mississippi River. Another eight injured people remain in hospitals.

Meanwhile, President George W. Bush at a White House news conference commented on the federal investigation into the cause of the collapse.

"The American people need to know that we're working hard to find out why the bridge did what it did so that we can assure people that the bridges over which they'll be traveling will be safe," Bush said.