Body of person killed in collapse recovered
The body of a fourth person killed in the Key Bridge collapse was found Sunday, the Key Bridge Response Unified Command said early Monday evening.
The salvage team working to remove the bridge from the Patapsco River found a missing construction vehicle before divers found the body inside the vehicle, Unified Command said.
The Unified Command said the victim was identified Monday by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The name of the victim has not been released per the family’s request, Unified Command said, and officials met with the victim’s family
Monday. Six construction workers died in the March 26 bridge collapse, which has temporarily closed much of the Port of Baltimore. Divers have already recovered the bodies of Dorlian Castillo Cabrera, Maynor Suazo Sandoval and Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes. The bodies of Miguel Luna, Carlos Hernandez and José Mynor López had still been missing.
“As we mourn the lives lost and continue the recovery operation, we recognize each missing individual is someone’s beloved friend or family member,” Maryland Department of State Police Superintendent Roland Butler said in a news release. “Along with all of our allied law enforcement partners, we pledge to exhaust the physical and technical aspects of their training while deploying every available resource possible.”
In recent weeks, Baltimore’s immigrant community has rallied around prayer services and memorials for the victims, who were from El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said Monday that the city has hired attorneys to pursue lawsuits against the operators of the Dali, which is owned by Grace Ocean Pte. Ltd. and managed by Synergy Marine Group, both of Singapore. The 948-foot vessel was moving about 9 mph when it struck the
bridge. FBI agents raided the ship Monday as part of a criminal probe.
Over the weekend, a
450-ton steel section of the bridge was unloaded in Sparrows Point to be cut and sent to recycling companies.
Officials estimate that a total of 50,000 short tons of debris are sitting in the Patapsco River.