Around 1:30 this morning, A major bridge in Baltimore was hit by a container boat causing the bridge to collapse in a mater of seconds. Due to the bridge being struck it caused several vehicles plunging into the water, prompting an intense search for survivors and throwing the future of a key shipping port into question.
Two people were initially rescued — one declined treatment and another was taken to, and subsequently discharged from, Shock Trauma. Coast guard officials state that around 7:30 p.m. today, nearly 18 hours after the bridge collapsed, that the six people who were found deceased were construction workers who were working on the bridge at the time of the incident.
