See the cargo ship that brought down a major Baltimore bridge, from all angles
Beatrice Nolan
- A bridge in Baltimore collapsed after a cargo ship crashed into one of its support beams.
- The vessel that crashed with the Francis Scott Key Bridge is the Dali, a container ship.
Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed on Tuesday morning after a large cargo ship hit one of the bridge's support beams.
The vessel that crashed into the bridge is the Dali, a Singapore-flagged container ship, according to a listing on VesselFinder.
Authorities are calling the incident, which was captured on a livestream and shared online, a "mass causality event."
Maryland Governor Wes Moore, declared a state of emergency early on Tuesday, while The White House said it is "closely monitoring" the situation.
A livestream captured the incident
A video from StreamTime Live captured the moment the shop hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge. In the video, the ship's lights turn off minutes before the vessel strikes the bridge. As the ship nears the bridge, the lights then turn back on.
Smoke is seen billowing from the ship before the bridge began crumbling
Governor Moore said Tuesday that the ship's crew notified authorities that they had lost power in a mayday call shortly before it hit the bridge.
Authorities are calling it a 'mass casualty event'
Eight people are believed to have fallen into the water, all of whom are believed to have been working on the bridge at the time.
Two have been recovered, with one in a "very serious condition," James Wallace, chief of the Baltimore Fire Department, said in a press conference early Tuesday.
Rescue teams are on the scene
Emergency services teams, including divers and at least two helicopters, responded to the scene, per Baltimore County's police scanner in the hour and a half after the bridge's collapse.
The remains of the bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday morning
The vessel that hit the bridge is the Dali, a Singapore-flagged container ship, per a listing on VesselFinder.
Wes Moore, governor of Maryland, declared a state of emergency early on Tuesday
Moore said his office was in close communication with Pete Buttigieg, the US transportation secretary.
He said: "We are working with an interagency team to quickly deploy federal resources from the Biden Administration."
The White House said it is "closely monitoring" the situation
Authorities have called the incident an accident.
A local rescue service shared another view of the collapsed bridge and ship
Moore said authorities were able to stop cars from going over the bridge after the crew's distress call, per the Associated Press.
"These people are heroes," he said. "They saved lives last night."
The collapsed bridge in the early hours of Tuesday
Senior White House officials are in touch with both Moore and Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott "to offer any federal assistance they need," CNN's Betsy Klein said on X.
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