Mayor Brandon M. Scott and Baltimore County Government Johnny Olszewski Jr. posted that emergency personnel had been responding and rescue efforts had been underway.
Emergency responders had been trying to find at the very least seven individuals believed to be within the water, Kevin Cartwright, director of communications for the Baltimore Fireplace Division, mentioned at round 3am.
He mentioned companies acquired 911 calls round 1:30 a.m. reporting a vessel touring outbound from Baltimore, within the japanese US, that had struck a column on the bridge, inflicting it to break down. A number of autos had been on the bridge on the time, together with one the scale of a tractor-trailer.
“Our focus proper now could be making an attempt to rescue and get better these individuals,” Cartwright mentioned. He mentioned it’s too early to understand how many individuals had been affected however known as the collapse a “growing mass casualty occasion.”
Cartwright mentioned it seems there are “some cargo or retainers hanging from the bridge,” creating unsafe and unstable situations, and that emergency responders are working cautiously consequently.
“This can be a dire emergency,” he mentioned.