The United States authorities declared the six missing dead after the Dali freighter collided with the pillar of the Baltimore Bridge (Maryland, USA) and caused the structure to collapse, which collapsed in a matter of seconds.
Before the collision, the container ship's crew launched a emergency notice, which allowed a greater tragedy to be avoided, according to the authorities. The alert allowed traffic to be cut off and at the time of the collapse there were eight people crossing the bridge, two were found alive in the river and taken to a hospital.
They find the bodies of two of the six missing people
This Wednesday, They have found the lifeless bodies of two of the six workers. They were part of a group of eight construction workers, all Latin Americans, who were filling potholes on the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the early hours of the morning.
They died after the freighter lost control and crashed into the Baltimore Bridge. The victims are a 35-year-old Mexican and a 26-year-old Guatemalan, as announced by the Chief of the Maryland State Police, Colonel Roland L. Butler Jr., in a press conference.
The bodies were found inside a van red under water seven meters deep. Additionally, divers “cannot safely navigate or operate” around the structure.
“We have exhausted all search efforts; notifications to the victims' families are being carried out by the Federal Bureau of Investigation according to established protocols,” they stated.
Regarding the nationalities of the six victims, there are two Mexicans, two Guatemalans, one Honduran and one Salvadoran.
They paralyze the search for the missing
Authorities stopped underwater search for victims of the Baltimore bridge collapse until further notice and after finding the lifeless bodies of two of the six workers.
The Maryland Police explain that the paralysis of rescue efforts is due to the fact that divers cannot operate safely due to bad weather and the large amount of debris in the river. Therefore, the search for the rest of the missing people is suspended until further notice, given that they predict that the weather will not be favorable on Thursday either.
The ship is transporting hazardous chemical materials
The ship that lost control and hit the Baltimore bridge was carrying 56 containers with hazardous chemical materials and some of them fell into the water after the impact.
The authorities estimate that in the containers there are 764 tons of corrosive and flammable materials, such as lithium ion batteriesconfirms Jennifer Homendy, president of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB, in English). She adds that some of the containers were broken by the crash and that glitter was found in the river waters.
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