Major Baltimore Bridge Collapses
A container ship hit the Francis Key Scott bridge on Tuesday morning.
The city of Baltimore has woken up in shock this morning after a major bridge in the US city of Baltimore snapped and plunged into the Patapsco River.
The cityβs mayor has called the event an βunspeakable tragedyβ and confirmed that construction workers were on the bridge when it collapsed.
A state of emergency has been declared in Maryland while a huge search operation is under way for at least seven people.
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