Cargo ship destroys Baltimore Bridge

[MrDawn]

Your thoughts?

A container ship crashed into a major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, causing its collapse into the Patapsco River.

A livestream showed vehicles traveling on the Francis Scott Key Bridge just moments before the impact at 1:28 a.m. ET.

Baltimore first responders called the situation a "developing mass casualty event" and a "dire emergency," per The Associated Press.

James Wallace, chief of the Baltimore Fire Department, said in a press conference that two people had been recovered from the water.

One was uninjured, but the other was transported to a local trauma center in a "very serious condition."

Wallace said up to 20 people were thought to have fallen into the river and some six people were still missing.

Richard Worley, Baltimore's police chief, said there was "no indication" the collision was purposeful or an act of terrorism.

What we know about the container ship that crashed into the Baltimore bridge

The Singapore-flagged Dali, which is about 984 feet long, crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday, causing it to completely collapse.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[Dead2009]

The Key Bridge was about 30 minutes away give or take from me and I knew nothing about it until I saw it on the news this morning.

 

[freakofnature]

Here's a link to a video. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...ents-in-the-lead-up-to-the-hit-video-analysis

One of my Facebook friends posted about it as I was getting off work this morning. I've been watching CNN for updates since I got up this afternoon. Thankfully it happened in the middle of the night when traffic was minimal. It sounds like they were able to restrict access to the bridge minutes before it happened which also saved lives.

 

[DrLeftover]

Lost power, a mayday call and the crash that brought down a Baltimore bridge​

Lost power, a mayday call and the crash that brought down a Baltimore bridge

Minutes after a container ship sent a mayday call, it crashed and caused a bridge to collapse. Six people are presumed dead.

www.bbc.com

 

[Dead2009]

If you've never been to Baltimore, this is what it was like driving over the Key Bridge heading into the county

 

[Nebulous]

How scary for all involved!