Six people are presumed dead after the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed.
At approximately 1:30 a.m., a 948-foot Singapore-flagged container ship called the Dali crashed into one of the bridge’s support columns, causing it to collapse. Six people are missing, though U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Shannon Gilreath announced in a Tuesday news conference that they are presumed to be dead.
Parts of the Francis Scott Key Bridge remain after a container ship collided with one of the bridge’s supports, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in Baltimore. (Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner via AP)
“Based on the length of time that we’ve gone on this search, the extensive search efforts that we’ve put into it, the water temperature, at this point, we do not believe that we’re going to find any of these individuals still alive,” he said.
The search for them was suspended at about 7:30 p.m. until Wednesday morning.
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