Local agencies received 911 calls around 1:30 a.m. reporting that a ship, traveling outbound from Baltimore had struck a column on the bridge, Cartwright said.
There could have been a vehicle “as large as a tractor trailer” on the bridge at the time of collapse, he said.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said in a social media post around 3 a.m. that he was en route to the incident at the bridge.
Footage captured the moment after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed.
The 1.6-mile, 4-lane bridge extends over the Patapsco River and serves as the outermost crossing of the Baltimore harbor and an essential link of Interstate-695, or the Baltimore Beltway.
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Locations:
Patapsco, Baltimore, Maryland, Fort McHenry