{"id":2206304,"date":"2024-03-26T08:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T12:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/baltimore-bridge-collapses-resulting-in-mass-casualty-event-after-its-struck-by-cargo-ship\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T08:29:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T12:29:37","slug":"baltimore-bridge-collapses-resulting-in-mass-casualty-event-after-its-struck-by-cargo-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/baltimore-bridge-collapses-resulting-in-mass-casualty-event-after-its-struck-by-cargo-ship\/","title":{"rendered":"Baltimore Bridge Collapse Leads to &#8216;Mass Casualty&#8217; Incident Following Collision with Cargo Ship"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbaltimore-bridge-collapses-resulting-in-mass-casualty-event-after-its-struck-by-cargo-ship%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2206304&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The collapse of Baltimore&#8217;s Francis\u200b Scott \u200cKey Bridge, following a\u2064 collision with\u2063 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-of-egypt-sends-hopeful-message-to-the-world-as-traffic-resumes-through-suez-canal\/\" title=\"President of Egypt sends hopeful message to the world as traffic resumes through Suez Canal\">container ship<\/a>, led to \u2063a &#8220;mass \u2063casualty\u200d incident.&#8221; Emergency responders are searching for seven \u200dpeople in the \u200dwater, with \u2063rescue efforts \u2063ongoing. Two individuals have been rescued, with one unharmed and the other hospitalized \u200cin serious condition. Construction \u200cactivities \u2062were \u2063underway\u2064 on the bridge during the\u2064 incident.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>The 1.6-mile-long Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed early Tuesday morning after it was struck by a container ship, resulting in what authorities have described as \u201ca <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3-dead-after-vehicle-crashes-into-plasma-clinic-in-pittsburgh\/\" title=\"3 dead after vehicle crashes into plasma clinic in Pittsburgh\">mass casualty incident<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emergency responders, including dive teams, are searching for at least seven people believed to be in the frigid water, but that number could likely change, the Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/baltimore-bridge-collapse-53169b379820032f832de4016c655d1b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. Two people were rescued from the water; one person was unharmed while the second person was rushed to the hospital in serious condition, Baltimore Fire Chief James Wallace said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are still very much in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigans-oxford-high-school-shooting-survivors-sue-for-100-million\/\" title=\"Michigan\u2019s Oxford High School Shooting Survivors Sue For 0 Million\">active search<\/a> and rescue posture at this point, and we will continue to be for some time,\u201d Wallace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/us\/live-news\/baltimore-bridge-collapse-03-26-24-intl-hnk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a press conference Tuesday morning, Maryland Transportation Secretary Paul Wiedefeld confirmed that contractors were working on the bridge at the time of the collapse, but did not say how many workers were believed to be on the bridge when it was struck by the container ship.<\/p>\n<p>Video footage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prosecutors-pursue-grand-jury-probe-into-partial-collapse\/\" title=\"Prosecutors pursue grand jury probe into partial collapse\">bridge collapse<\/a> appeared to show the container ship striking one of the bridge\u2019s supports.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Ship collides with Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, causing it to collapse <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OcOrSjOCRn\">pic.twitter.com\/OcOrSjOCRn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BNO News (@BNONews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BNONews\/status\/1772515766929097088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The ship that struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge is chartered by the Danish shipping company Maersk, the company told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/us\/live-news\/baltimore-bridge-collapse-03-26-24-intl-hnk\/h_adc8016bd840aab5970dd0adb17c056b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>. The ship was carrying Maersk customers\u2019 cargo, according to the company. The vessel, which is called Dali, was on its way to Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are horrified by what has happened in Baltimore, and our thoughts are with all of those affected,\u201d Maersk said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore Police Chief Richard Worley added, \u201cThere is absolutely no indication that there\u2019s any terrorism, that this was done on purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another video of the collision and bridge collapse showed the ship\u2019s lights going out before it hit the bridge.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1711286276343000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0fBaWjje6IONihcMZ4R_jT\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking News: Mass Casualty event declared in the US after a ship slams into a Bridge<\/p>\n<p>The full video can be seen here.<\/p>\n<p>Developing story<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Baltimore?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Baltimore<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USA?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#USA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bridgecollapse?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bridgecollapse<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E5bWMovtjo\">pic.twitter.com\/E5bWMovtjo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Ferguson (@JimFergusonUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimFergusonUK\/status\/1772538786276053349?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Francis Scott Key Bridge is part of Interstate 695, also known as the Baltimore Beltway, and is a major crossing of the Patapsco River.<\/p>\n<p>The White House said it is \u201cclosely monitoring\u201d the bridge collapse, saying there is \u201cno indication of any nefarious incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-police-responding-to-bomb-threat-at-empire-state-building\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Police Responding to Bomb Threat at Empire State Building\">developing story<\/a>; refresh the page for updates.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baltimore&#8217;s 1.6-mile-long Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed Tuesday morning post-container ship impact, prompting a &#8220;mass casualty incident.&#8221; Rescue efforts, involving dive teams, are underway to locate seven or more individuals potentially in the cold waters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":2206305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-2107840482-scaled-e1711451657702.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2206304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-2107840482-scaled-e1711451657702.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2206304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2206305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2206304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2206304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2206304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}