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SAN DIEGO - A block - long covered walkway next to a construction scaffold collapsed on Thursday, injuring 16 pedestrians, three critically.

Authorities say about 25 people were on the walkway when its wooden walls and roof fell in. Abigail Reckermann, 50, says the walls started moving, then she heard a bang and everything started coming down.

Ariel Medina, 34, was uninjured but saw a board fall onto the back of a man she was talking with.

Authorities say three people suffered life-threatening injuries.

Fire spokesman Daniel Calderon says investigators don't know what caused the collapse.

A sign seen in the debris identified Allgire General Contractors in Carlsbad as the builder. A woman who took a call at Allgire's offices said she could not comment then hung up the phone.