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Two people were rescued and six people are still missing, officials said. All these people were working on the bridge at the time of the accident.
Judging by surveillance video, the container ship crashed into the abutments of the bridge, and then the entire huge structure of the bridge broke and fell into the Patapsco River.
The emergency services received the first calls about the collapse of the bridge around 1:30 a.m. (7:30 a.m. Latvian time), CBS News reported.
The container ship lost power before hitting the bridge.
The ship’s operators raised the alarm moments before the crash, which allowed authorities to restrict vehicular traffic on the bridge, Maryland’s governor said.
The 2.6 kilometer long Francis Scott Key Bridge over the Patapsco River was opened in 1977. On average, 11 million vehicles cross it annually.
According to the website “MarineTraffic.com”, the Singapore-registered container ship “Dali” stopped under the bridge before the disaster. The company “Synergy Marine Group” confirmed that its ship “Dali” hit the bridge.
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2024-03-27 01:03:36