A container ship hit a bridge pillar in Baltimore, causing collapse and people falling into water.

Source: 5688.cn

CCTV News reported that a bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, USA collapsed in the early hours of the 26th local time due to a ship collision.

According to foreign reports, this was a 9962 TEU container ship, the DALI, and the crew were unharmed. At the time, it directly hit one of the pillars of the bridge.

It is reported that this cargo ship was chartered by Maersk and deployed on the Asia-US East Coast route. The DALI operates on the TP12 route of the 2M Alliance, referred to as TP12 by Maersk and Empire by MSC.

The Maryland Department of Transportation and the United States Coast Guard confirmed that the Francis Scott Key Bridge was involved in this accident.

They stated that it was a large-scale casualty accident, with approximately several vehicles and 7 people in the water.

The cause of the accident is still under investigation.

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