Baltimore's Key Bridge was struck by a container ship early Tuesday, causing it to collapse. Rescuers were searching for at least seven people in the water.
From 1960 to 2015, there were 35 major bridge collapses worldwide due to ship or barge collisions, with a total of 342 people killed, according to a 2018 report from the World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure. Eighteen of those collapses happened in the United States.Among the more notable collapses in the U.S. was that of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge spanning Florida's Tampa Bay in 1980, which killed 35 people.
Wallace said sonar had detected the presence of vehicles submerged in the water, but did not immediately have a count to share.Meanwhile, Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said there was "absolutely no indication that there's any terrorism, that this was done on purpose."Agencies received emergency calls around 1:30 a.m.
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