In the early hours of Tuesday, March 26, 2024, Francis Baltimore’s Scott Key Bridge in Maryland, USA, collapsed after it was struck by a large cargo ship.
According to USA Today, the Baltimore City Fire Department described the collapse as a mass-casualty incident explaining, “We received several 911 calls at around 1:30 a.m., that a vessel struck the Key Bridge in Baltimore, causing the collapse.” Kevin Cartwright, director of communications for the Baltimore Fire Department, told Reuters. “This is currently a mass casualty incident and we are searching for seven people who are in the river.”
The outlet noted, that the Associated Press reported that several vehicles had plunged into the river below. “This is a dire emergency,” Kevin Cartwright, director of communications for the Baltimore Fire Department, told AP. “Our focus right now is trying to rescue and recover these people.”
