Federal prosecutors say that the hefty financial penalty would cover the costs of the government response to the fatal bridge collapse and for the monthslong effort to clear the wreckage.
The DOJ is seeking more than $100 million from the two corporations connected to the ship that destroyed Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge .
from the collision during a call with reporters Wednesday, saying that "we cannot comment on any criminal investigation or action today." "The Justice Department is committed to ensuring accountability for those responsible for the destruction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which resulted in the tragic deaths of six people and disrupted our country's transportation and defense infrastructure," Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement Wednesday.
In the civil lawsuit, the Justice Department goes into detail about how failures on the ship led to the disastrous collision and slams the two companies for not reporting issues with the ship."This tragedy was entirely avoidable," the department wrote, adding that "none of the four tools that might have averted disaster-the rudder, the propeller, the anchor, or the bow thruster-was working or operating as it should have been.
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