Baltimore's Key Bridge collapses after ship crash

BREAKING NEWS: The Key Bridge in Baltimore was hit by a container ship & totally collapsed. Many casualties reported.

pic.twitter.com/wVjPqbe7DM

— Ⱥmerican Trucker 🇺🇸 (@taylorbilt) March 26, 2024

The Baltimore Sun is reporting that "A massive container ship adrift at 9 mph issued a “mayday” early Tuesday as it headed toward the iconic Francis Scott Key Bridge, losing power before colliding with one of the bridge’s vital support columns. As the 984-foot vessel struck the bridge in the middle of an otherwise calm night, it caused a din that woke people ashore and immediately toppled an essential mid-Atlantic thoroughfare into the frigid waters."

"The effects were immediate and catastrophic: Authorities began searching for six construction workers who had been repairing potholes on the Interstate 695 bridge at the time of the collapse. By Tuesday evening, their employer said they were presumed dead, and the Coast Guard said it was ending rescue efforts." They should recover the bodies.