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Upwards of 7 people are believed to be in the water as emergency services deal with ‘developing mass casualty incident’

(Bloomberg) -- A major commuter bridge in Baltimore collapsed after being rammed by a container ship, causing vehicles to plunge into the water and threatening chaos at one of the most important ports on the US East Coast.Most Read from BloombergTrump Vows to Pay Fraud Trial Bond Cut by 68% to $175 MillionTrump’s Net Worth Hits $6.5 Billion, Making Him One of World’s 500 Richest PeopleAfter Exposing Realtors, Eliminate the Mortgage Interest DeductionUS CEOs Extend China Stay on Las...

The vessel appears to have hit one of the supports of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing the roadway to break apart in several places and plunge into the water, according to a video posted on X. The ship caught fire and appeared to sink.

Witnesses could not believe their eyes early Tuesday morning, looking at where the Francis Scott Key Memorial Bridge once spanned the Patapsco River.

The huge Francis Scott Key Bridge, 184 feet above the water, collapsed into the Patapsco River in Baltimore after the Singapore vessel Dali crashed into it in the early hours of Tuesday morning

In 1980, the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida was struck by a ship and collapsed.

The ship crashed into one of the bridge's supports, causing the structure to snap and buckle at several points and tumble into the water in a matter of seconds.

The container ship that caused Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge to collapse also crashed in Belgium in 2016.

Authorities said multiple cars fell from the bridge and into the river below, declaring it a “mass casualty event."

A container ship has rammed into a major bridge in Baltimore, causing it to snap and plunge into the river below.