US authorities are trying to rescue at least seven people after a road bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, collapsed after being hit by a large boat.
A portion of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed after a large boat collided with it early on Tuesday morning, causing multiple vehicles to fall into the water.According to a video posted on X, formerly Twitter, the crash caused multiple vehicles to fall into the water below.
Mayor Brandon M Scott and Baltimore county executive Johnny Olszewski Jr posted that emergency personnel were responding and rescue efforts were underway. He said it is too early to know how many people were affected but called the collapse a “developing mass casualty event”.Cartwright said it appears there are “some cargo or retainers hanging from the bridge”, creating unsafe and unstable conditions, and that emergency responders are operating cautiously as a result.We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories.
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