In the early hours of Tuesday, March 26, 2024, it was recorded in video an incident on the east coast of the United States, when the bridge Francis Scott Key Baltimore (Maryland), more than two and a half kilometers long, collapse because a large boat hit it, leaving irreparable damage and tens of wounded.
Early Tuesday morning authorities captured video the moment in which the bridge Francis Scott Key Baltimore collapses after suffering an impact from a large vessel called Dali, a cargo ship flying the Singapore flag, with a length of 299.92 meters and width of 48.2 meters. Which according to the police, caught fire after the incident, leaving tens of wounded and several cars that have fallen into the river.
The video where the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapses
Also known as Outer Harbor Crossing, the bridge Francis Scott Key Baltimore It was a steel construction, whose main span was 366 meters, being the third longest in the world and the longest in the metropolitan area of Baltimore. It was a strategic road that connects two parts of the city of Baltimore on the Patapsco River. From what the Maryland Transportation Authority has reported through the social network X (formerly Twitter)
“All lanes remain closed in both directions due to the incident on the I-695 Key bridge. “Traffic is being diverted.”
Likewise, the communications director of the Fire Department of BaltimoreKevin Cartwright has stated that this is an extreme emergency, and that at the moment there appears to be “some loads or restraints hanging from the bridge.”
To date, the exact number of missing people and the tens of woundedHowever, the Fire Department Baltimoredeclared that at least twenty people have fallen into the river after the collapse of the bridge and two people have been rescued alive.
Authorities are already carrying out rescue operations in the bridge of Baltimore and it has been reported that the federal government will pay the cost of reconstruction after the incident.