• Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    From the article…

    The ship’s crew issued a mayday call moments before the crash took down the Francis Scott Key Bridge, enabling authorities to limit vehicle traffic on the span, Maryland’s governor said.

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    The six people still unaccounted for were part of a construction crew filling potholes on the bridge, said Paul Wiedefeld, the state’s transportation secretary.

    A senior executive at the company that employed the construction workers said Tuesday afternoon that they were presumed dead, given the water’s depth and the length of time since the crash.

    • HonkyTonkWoman@lemm.ee
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      7 months ago

      It really is incredible. With the bit of vagueness about the vehicles in the water, I thought they were expecting to find more, but glad they were able to stop traffic in time.