The bridge has been compared to a “roller coaster”
A video has resurfaced online showing someone driving across the “scary” Baltimore bridge that collapsed after being hit by a boat.
A “mass casualty incident” was declared Tuesday when Baltimore's 1.6-mile-long Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed.
The bridge was hit by a Singaporean container ship named DALI at around 1:35 a.m. local time.
There were people on the bridge at the time, and the Baltimore City Fire Department said as many as 20 people were believed to have fallen into the Patapsco River.
After the incident, video resurfaced online showing the drive across the bridge.
In a video shared on X, a woman and a man drive a truck across the bridge. The woman, who filmed the experience from the passenger seat, called the bridge “scary” and likened it to a “roller coaster.”
A large-scale search operation is still under way to find the whereabouts of the people, and two people have been rescued from the water.
Police confirmed at a news conference that the condition of one of them was “very serious.”
Shipping giant Maersk confirmed that the ship involved was chartered by Maersk and was carrying its customers' cargo.
“We are shocked by what happened in Baltimore and our thoughts are with everyone affected,” the company said in a statement.
“We can confirm that the container ship 'DALI', operated by charter company Synergy Group, is time chartered by Maersk and is carrying cargo for Maersk customers.”
The ship collided with a pillar of the bridge.
All crew members aboard the DALI have been accounted for and no casualties have been reported.
Built in 1977, the 3-kilometer (1.6-mile) Key Bridge is part of Highway 695, which loops around Baltimore.
When completed, it will be one of the longest continuous truss bridges in the world, according to the National Steel Bridge Alliance.
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