A part of a Baltimore bridge serving as a vital highway artery and an East Coast shipping hub collapsed early Tuesday morning after a container ship crashed into it, sending people into the water.
The vessel Zhen Hua 13, carrying four giant shipping cranes for delivery and installation at the Port of Baltimore, passes under the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Wednesday, June 20, 2012The vessel Zhen Hua 13, carrying four giant shipping cranes for delivery and installation at the Port of Baltimore, passes under the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Wednesday, June 20, 2012A part of a Baltimore bridge serving as both an essential highway artery and a hub for shipping along the...
Seven people fell into the Patapsco River below and are being searched for, said Kevin Cartwight, the Baltimore City Fire Department's director of communications. He called the collision and collapse a"developing mass casualty event," The Associated Press reported. The ship that collided with the bridge was the Dali, a 948-foot container ship coming from Singapore, U.S. Coast Guard public information officer Matthew West told NPR.
Before the collapse, traffic was closed in both lanes, the Maryland Transportation Authority posted on X. The bridge is part of I-695, an arterial of Interstate 95, a major freeway running north-south along the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S. MAJOR BALTIMORE TRAFFIC ALERT: AVOID I-695 southeast corridor. I-695 Key Bridge collapse due to ship strike. Active scene. Use I-95 or I-895.
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