Another body has been recovered from the site of the Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore.
At the family’s request, the victim’s name has not yet been released.
The video captured the moment the massive structure fell into the river, killing six men, all highway workers who were on the bridge at the time.
This third body was found during a search on Sunday when Unified Command rescue teams located what they believed to be one of the missing construction vehicles.
After notifying the Maryland State Police Department, FBI, and Maryland Transportation Authority Police, the victim was found still trapped inside the vehicle.
Investigators also met with the Baltimore County Mobile Crisis Team and the Governor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs to notify family members.
A seventh body has been recovered at the site of the Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore.
The construction workers killed in the collapse, from top left to bottom right, Alejandro Hernández, Miguel Luna, Maynor Suazo, José López and Dorlian Castillo.
The body was found during a search on Sunday when Unified Command rescue teams located what they believed was one of the missing construction vehicles.
“As we mourn the lives lost and continue the recovery operation, we recognize that every missing individual is a dear friend or family member of someone,” said Col. Roland L. Butler, Jr., superintendent of the Maryland Department of State Police.
“Together with all of our law enforcement partners, we are committed to exhausting the physical and technical aspects of their training while deploying every available resource possible.”
On Monday, the FBI launched a criminal investigation into the collapse that killed the construction workers.
Agents will investigate whether the Dali’s 22-person crew knew it had serious systemic problems before leaving Maryland port on March 26.
Some were seen arriving at the ship today to talk to the crew, who remain on board.
Meanwhile, Baltimore’s mayor said the city is hiring outside firms to “hold all entities accountable for the Key Bridge tragedy.”
It has hired two law firms to sue Grace Ocean Private, the Singapore-based company that owns the ship.
FBI agents arrive at the Dali on Monday morning to interview the crew still on board.
Agents were seen arriving at the freighter Monday morning to conduct interviews.
It comes just three weeks after shocking images were spread around the world showing the 110,000 tonne cargo ship crashing into the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
The enormous impact caused it to collapse onto the boat and fall into the frozen river, killing all six construction workers.
The criminal investigation will be overseen by the U.S. district attorney’s office in Maryland and will focus on how much the 22 crew members knew about the ship’s problems.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said, ‘This unthinkable tragedy has kept Marylanders from their loved ones and put the livelihoods of thousands of Baltimoreans who depend on the Port of Baltimore at risk.
“Part of that work must be seeking recourse from those who may be potentially responsible, and with the shipowner filing a petition to limit his liability just days after the incident, we must act just as quickly to protect the interests of the City”.
There is already a separate federal investigation into the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge by the National Transportation Safety Board.
The FBI has launched a criminal investigation into the Baltimore bridge collapse that left six construction workers dead.
During the initial stages of that investigation, investigators are focusing on the electrical power system of the massive container ship that veered off course.
Jennifer Homendy, chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board, said her agency is collecting data with the help of Hyundai, the manufacturer of equipment in the ship’s engine room. Testifying before a U.S. Senate committee, she said investigators also requested help examining her circuit breaker.
“That’s where we’re focused now in this investigation,” he said. ‘Of course, that’s preliminary. “It could take different paths, different paths as we continue this investigation.”
Homendy said they have focused on the electrical system. The ship experienced power issues moments before the accident, as evidenced by videos showing its lights turning on and off.
Investigators are also examining the design of the bridge and how it could be built with better protection of the pier “by current standards,” Homendy said.
The container ship Dali was leaving Baltimore, loaded with cargo, and headed for Sri Lanka when it collided with one of the bridge’s support columns last month, causing the span to collapse into the Patapsco River and sending six members of a rescue team road works to death. .
Crews have been working to remove sections of the fallen bridge, including those tangled in a muddy mess at the bottom of the Patapsco River.
“This work is remarkably complex,” Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said during a news conference last week.
Officials said they still hope to open a third temporary shipping channel in late April, allowing significantly more commercial traffic to pass through the Port of Baltimore. The east coast maritime hub has been closed to most shipping traffic since the bridge collapse, which blocked access to its main channel.
Moore said efforts are continuing to unload containers from the Dali, which will eventually be refloated once pieces of the fallen bridge have also been lifted from its bow. He said crews intend to remove 178 containers; So far 34 have been eliminated.
Moore also called for bipartisan support from Congress to fund construction of a new bridge, saying federal lawmakers came together in 2007 to pay for the reconstruction of the Interstate 35 bridge in Minnesota after it collapsed into the Mississippi River. He called on members of Congress to visit Maryland and see for themselves.
“Sit with me and my team, get closer to the rubble,” he said. ‘Look what we’ve been seeing for two weeks. See what it looks like when a steel bridge falls on a transport ship the size of the Eiffel Tower.’
Federal security investigators remain on the scene in Baltimore. They have conducted numerous interviews, including with the ship’s pilots and crew members, Homendy said during his testimony Wednesday. She testified at a hearing regarding her nomination to continue serving as board president for a second term.
He said the board’s preliminary report on the accident will likely be released early next month.
Safety investigators previously established a preliminary timeline leading up to the crash, which federal and state officials said appeared to be an accident.