US Bridge Collapse: 6 Feared Dead, Indian Crew Safe On Ship That Collided
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Around midnight on Tuesday, the ship experienced a momentary loss of propulsion due to which it was unable to control its direction.
Six people are feared dead after a ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in US' Baltimore on Tuesday causing it to collapse and plunge into water. Authorities have called off rescue operations, presuming that those missing have died in the collision. Watch: US Bridge Collapses After Ship Collision🔗 https://t.co/uNFkLl7n6Xpic.twitter.com/WTG3v7T6Ga
The container ship Dali, manned entirely by an Indian crew, momentarily lost power and rammed into the bridge. While all 22 crew were unharmed and accounted for, six repairmen on the bridge have been missing. They were part of a construction crew working on repairing potholes on the bridge when it collapsed around midnight.
"Based on the length of time that we've gone in this search, the extensive search efforts that we put into it, the water temperature... at this point we do not believe that we're going to find any of these individuals still alive," US Coast Guard Rear Admiral Shannon Gilreath said, as quoted by news agency AFP.
