At around 1:30 a.m. this morning, a Singapore-flagged cargo ship named Dali collided with one of the support columns of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, causing the bridge to collapse into the Patapsco River. The ship reportedly lost power and sent out a "mayday" distress call. No injuries are reported on the ship, but six people who had been filling potholes on the bridge have not been accounted for. Several vehicles were on the bridge when it was struck, five of them being have detected in the river by rescue crews using sonar. The bridge was part of Interstate 695, the beltway around Baltimore.
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