How did the incident unfold and what happens next? ITV News explains.
The collision has been described as a "developing mass casualty event" by Kevin Cartwright, director of communications for the Baltimore Fire Department.The Francis Scott Key Bridge is in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States.It serves as the outermost crossing of the Baltimore harbour and an essential link of Interstate-695, or the Baltimore Beltway.
The port supports 15,330 direct jobs and 139,180 jobs in Maryland, according to the Maryland government's website.Response teams are working to rescue around 20 people who may have fallen into the river when bridge collapsed, Kevin Cartwright, director of communications for the Baltimore Fire Department, told CNN on Tuesday morning.Mayor Brandon M. Scott and Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr posted that emergency personnel were responding and rescue efforts were underway.
Around 1.30am local time, the large vessel crashed into the bridge and appeared to have caught fire, according to a video posted on X, formerly Twitter.Initial reports suggested that the vessel began sinking following the impact, but it has since been clarified that it has not sunk. “All lanes closed both directions for incident on I-695 Key Bridge. Traffic is being detoured,” the Maryland Transportation Authority posted on X.The Francis Scott Key Bridge opened in 1977 and is named after the author who wrote the US national anthem The Star-Spangled Banner.
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