Six people are now presumed dead following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge Tuesday.
The recovery efforts are ongoing as dive teams search for the construction workers, who had been part of an eight-person crew filling potholes on the bridge in the early morning hours when it collapsed, officials say. Gov. Wes Moore spoke with FOX 5 Wednesday morning to provide an update on their search for the victims. "The dive team is in the water right now, as we speak," he said. "These are difficult conditions.
Officials still have not confirmed if there are any other suspected victims but did say that sonar indicated several vehicles were in the water following the collapse. Any vehicles that did plunge into the river could possibly belong to the workers who were filling potholes when the crash happened.Moore says the mayday call sent out by the ship gave police a chance to stop more traffic from getting onto the bridge.
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