Authorities had scrambled to clear one of the main bridges in the US state of Maryland just seconds before a cargo ship crashed and brought it down in the span of seconds.
Radio messages emerge of authorities attempting to clear Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge seconds before cargo ship hits pylon, according to audio
Horrifying video shared on social media showed the moment the vessel hit the bridge before it collapsed, sending construction workers into the freezing water. A search and rescue effort is ongoing to find any survivors after a shipping container crashed into the pylon of a bridge, leading it to collapse. Picture: AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein
"I need one of you guys on the north side, hold off traffic on the Key Bridge. There's a ship approaching that just lost their steering, so until we get that under control, we've got to stop all traffic," the man said, according to audio from Broadcastify.There was then a discussion of whether there was a construction crew working on the bridge, with one man advising the foreman should be notified to evacuate the workers.
According to Maryland Transportation Secretary Paul Wiedefeld,"pilots" who are trained to avoid incidents such as this were maneuvering the vessel at the time. A sea, air and land search is ongoing to locate the six construction workers who were understood to be fixing potholes on the bridge at the time of the collision.
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