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Live Updates | Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapses after a container ship hits it
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Live Updates | Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapses after a container ship hits it
Agencies received emergency calls around 1:30 a.m. local time (0530 GMT) reporting that a ship leaving Baltimore had struck a column on the bridge, according to the Fire Department.
Watch live views from Baltimore where a major bridge snapped and collapsed after a container ship rammed into it early Tuesday, and several vehicles fell into the river below. Rescuers were searching for at least seven people in the water. Follow live updates here: http://apne.ws/HopIwH1
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A major bridge in Baltimore collapsed after a container ship rammed into it early Tuesday, and several vehicles fell into the river.
“This is a dire emergency,” Kevin Cartwright, director of communications for the Baltimore Fire Department, told The Associated Press.
What we know so far
- Agencies received emergency calls around 1:30 a.m. local time (0530 GMT) reporting that a ship leaving Baltimore had struck a column on the bridge, according to Cartwright.
- Several vehicles were on the bridge at the time, including one the size of a tractor-trailer truck.
- “All lanes closed both directions for incident on I-695 Key Bridge. Traffic is being detoured,” the Maryland Transportation Authority confirmed.
The ship is called “Dali,” according to the Fire Department
A vessel by that name was headed from Baltimore to Colombo, Sri Lanka, as its final destination, according to Marine Traffic and Vessel Finder.
The ship was flying under a Singapore flag, WTOP radio station reported, citing Petty Officer Matthew West from the Coast Guard in Baltimore.