FILE: One year after Baltimore bridge crash that left six dead

Record ID: 1985838

  • Title: FILE: One year after Baltimore bridge crash that left six dead
  • Date: 21st March 2025
  • Summary: UISEONG, SOUTH KOREA (MARCH 26, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF WRECKAGE OF CRASHED FIREFIGHTING HELICOPTER FIRE ENGINES AND POLICE VEHICLES IN FRONT OF HELICOPTER CRASH SITE, SMOKE RISING FROM MOUNTAINSIDE FIREFIGHTER SPRAYING WATER AT WRECKAGE POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS AT CRASH SITE SMOKE SMOULDERING FROM CRASH SITE POLICE OFFICERS TALKING TO EACH OTHER (SOUNDBITE) (Ko
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  • Keywords: Baltimore bridge Maryland crash crisis
  • Location: BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, UNITED STATES AND INTERNET
  • City: BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, UNITED STATES AND INTERNET
  • Country: US
  • Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Sea Accidents,North America
  • Reuters ID: LVA001947617032025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: It has been one year since six workers were killed when a bridge collapsed in Baltimore Harbor early hours of March 26, 2024. The accident occurred after a massive cargo ship crippled by a power loss rammed into the structure, forcing the closure of one of the busiest ports on the U.S. Eastern Seaboard.
    The Singapore-flagged container vessel named Dali, heading out of Baltimore Harbor bound for Sri Lanka, plowed into a support pylon of the Francis Scott Key Bridge over the mouth of the Patapsco River at about 1:30 a.m. (0530 GMT).
    A trestled section of the of the 1.6-mile (2.57 km) span almost immediately crumpled into the icy water, sending vehicles and people into the river. Rescuers pulled two survivors to safety, one of whom was hospitalized. They and the six missing were part of a work crew filling potholes on the road surface of the bridge, officials said earlier.
    The ship reported a power failure before impact, which enabled officials to stop traffic on the bridge before the collapse. There was no evidence of foul play, officials said.
    The Port of Baltimore handles more automobile cargo than any other U.S. port - more than 750,000 vehicles in 2022, according to port data.
    The reopening required the removal of 50,000 tons of debris. More than 1,500 individual responders, along with 500 specialists from around the world, operated a fleet of boats during the operation, which involved 56 federal, state, and local agencies.
    (Production: Deborah Lutterbeck)
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