BALTIMORE (AP) — Investigators began collecting evidence Wednesday from the cargo ship that plowed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge and caused its...
BALTIMORE — Investigators began collecting evidence Wednesday from the cargo ship that plowed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge and caused its collapse, while in the waters belowThe bodies of two men, ages 35 and 26, were recovered from the water, Col. Roland L. Butler Jr., secretary of Maryland State Police, announced at a news conference. They were located by divers inside a red pickup submerged in about 25 feet of water near the bridge's middle span.
At least eight people went into the water. Two were rescued, but the other six — part of a construction crew that was filling potholes on the bridge — were missing and presumed dead. Video showed the ship moving at what Maryland’s governor said was about 9 mph toward the 1.6-mile bridge. Traffic was still crossing the span, and some vehicles appeared to escape with only seconds to spare. The crash caused the span to break and fall into the water within seconds.. One officer parked sideways across the lanes and planned to drive onto the bridge to alert a construction crew once another officer arrived.
The sudden loss of a highway that carries 30,000 vehicles a day, and the disruption of a vital shipping port, will affect not only thousands of dockworkers and commuters but also U.S. consumers who are likely to feel the Speaking at a White House news conference, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the Biden administration was focused on reopening the port and rebuilding the bridge, but he avoided putting a timeline on those efforts. He noted that the original bridge took five years to complete.
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