The bodies of two of the six missing construction workers were recovered from a red truck that had sunk into the Baltimore Harbor on Wednesday, according to the Maryland State Police.
The two men have been identified as 35-year-old Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes from Mexico and 26-year-old Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera from Guatemala, according to Col. Roland L. Butler Jr., Maryland police superintendent. The families of Fuentes and Cabrera have been notified.
The other four construction workers are also presumed dead, and other vehicles believed to be in the water are probably surrounded by rubble from the collapse, Butler said.
Col. Roland L. Butler Jr., superintendent for Maryland State Police, speaks in Dundalk, Maryland, on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
“Because of the superstructure surrounding what we believe were the vehicles and the amount of concrete and debris, divers are no longer able to safely navigate and operate around that,” he said. “We have exhausted all search efforts.”
The six construction workers are all immigrants from Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, and …