Baltimore Bridge Incident: Cargo ship loses power before collision, 6 missing

Here’s everything we know so far

• The cargo ship hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge, one of the busiest bridges in the Maryland port city, at 1:27 a.m. Tuesday (local time).

• A video of the incident widely shared on social media shows the moment the 3-kilometre-long bridge collapsed.

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• Construction crews were repairing potholes on the bridge when the collision occurred. At least eight people fell into the icy water, two of whom were rescued. One of them was reportedly uninjured, but the other was seriously injured.

  The search for the remaining six continues.

• Maryland Governor Wes Moore said the cargo ship’s crew notified authorities of the power problems before the accident, which “probably saved many lives.”

  “We’re thankful that between the call for help and the collapse, we had officers who were able to start stopping traffic so there were no more cars on the bridge,” CNN quoted Moore as saying.

• The White House said U.S. President Joe Biden had been briefed on the collision. The White House said so far there is no indication of malicious intent.

• Synergy Marine Group, the charter manager of the Singapore-flagged container vessel Dali, said in a statement that all 22 crew members on board were Indians.

  Synergy said the Dali collided with a pillar of the bridge and that all crew members, including the two pilots, were safe.

• Reuters quoted Maryland transportation authorities as saying that traffic at the Port of Baltimore has been suspended until further notice.

• Maryland Governor Wes Moore declared a state of emergency to deploy federal resources to respond to the emergency.

• The Port of Baltimore is the busiest automobile shipping port in the United States, handling more than 750,000 vehicles in 2022.

• The bridge was built in 1977 and named after Francis Scott Key, author of the American national anthem.