News / 'Mass-casualty incident' as Maersk box ship destroys Baltimore bridge

Harford County MD Fire & EMS

A 2M Alliance container vessel with two pilots onboard crashed into a support pylon of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, in the early hours of this morning, demolishing the 1.6 mile bridge and plunging at least 20 people into the Patapsco River.

Authorities described the collision as a “mass-casualty incident” and said emergency services were still searching the river for seven people.

You can see the bridge collapsing here on YouTube.

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