BALTIMORE -- Authorities have recovered the body of a fifth victim in the Baltimore bridge collapse five weeks ago, officials said Wednesday.
The victim has been identified as Miguel Angel Luna Gonzalez, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, according to the Unified Command, a joint task force composed of police, Coast Guard and other government agencies to respond to the disaster.
A 213-million-pound cargo vessel slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, crippling the structure and killing six workers repairing potholes on it. The bridge was used daily by some 30,000 Marylanders.
The six construction workers were immigrants from Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico and Guatemala. After the discovery on Wednesday, one of the victims' bodies was still missing.
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CNN previously reported Luna, 49, was a husband and father of three from El Salvador who had lived in Maryland for more than 19 years, according to the nonprofit CASA, which provides critical services to working-class and immigrant families.
"Unified Command salvage teams located one of the missing construction vehicles and promptly notified the Maryland Department of State Police," Colonel Roland L. Butler, Jr., Superintendent of Maryland's State Police, said in the statement.
"Maryland State Police investigators along with officers from the Maryland Transportation Authority Police and the FBI responded to the scene and recovered the body of a fifth construction worker inside a red truck," he added.
Butler said his team is dedicated to the recovery operation "knowing behind each person lost in this tragedy lies a loving family."
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Investigations have been underway since mid-April to find out what caused the deadly incident.
The FBI and the US Coast Guard are leading a criminal investigation into the crash, a US official familiar with the matter told CNN previously.
The ship's owner, Grace Ocean Private Limited, and manager, Synergy Marine PTE LTD, have filed a petition in federal court asking for a $43.6 million limit on potential liability payouts.
But both the city of Baltimore and attorneys for several victims are also seeking accountability.
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The city of Baltimore said earlier that it would launch a "legal action to hold the wrongdoers responsible" and announced programs to help families of the victims as well as businesses and workers impacted by the catastrophe.
Attorneys representing the families of two deceased workers and a victim who survived the fall have started their own investigation.
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FAQs
One person remains missing. The body of a fifth person was recovered more than a month after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed in Baltimore, officials said. Miguel Angel Luna Gonzalez, 49, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, was found Wednesday, the Key Bridge Response Unified Command said in a statement.
Has a fifth body been recovered from the wreckage of the Baltimore Bridge? ›
BALTIMORE -- The body of a fifth missing construction worker was recovered Wednesday from the wreckage site of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. The body of Miguel Angel Luna Gonzalez, 49, was located inside a submerged truck in the Patapsco River, according to the Unified Command.
Did they find all the bodies in the Baltimore Bridge collapse? ›
Salvage teams recovered the sixth and last missing body of a construction worker killed in the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, local officials announced Tuesday.
Did they find all the victims of the bridge collapse? ›
The body of the sixth and final victim who died in the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore was found on Tuesday, officials said, bringing to a close a difficult salvage mission after the country's deadliest bridge collapse in more than a decade.
Have all the victims of the Key Bridge collapse been recovered? ›
All six construction workers who were missing and presumed dead following the incident have been found.
Who were the bodies recovered from the Maryland bridge? ›
It took weeks for crews to recover all six victims. They are: Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, 35, of Baltimore; Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera, 26, of Dundalk; Maynor Yasir Suazo-Sandoval, 38; Carlos Daniel Hernández Estrella; Miguel Angel Luna Gonzalez, 49, of Glen Burnie; and José Mynor López, 37, of Baltimore.
Have all the bodies been recovered from Key Bridge? ›
BALTIMORE - The body of the sixth and final construction worker was recovered Tuesday from the Key Bridge wreckage site, bringing an end to the weeks-long recovery effort. José Mynor López, 37, was confirmed as the last of the construction workers recovered from the March 26 bridge collapse.
How many people have been found on the Baltimore Bridge? ›
Of the eight men, two of them were rescued from the water the night of the collapse. Two bodies were recovered a day later, and three more bodies have been found over the three weeks following the disaster. One body remains missing as of May 2, 2024.
How many bodies have been found in the Baltimore Inner Harbor? ›
Baltimore has long struggled with safety around the harbor. More than 50 bodies have been found in the Inner Harbor since 2000, according to local crime researcher Ellen Worthing. Among them were homeless people, tourists and those who live on houseboats.
How deep is the water under the Key Bridge in Baltimore? ›
Pieces of the steel span are still blocking other parts of the port's main channel, which has a controlling depth of 50 feet (15 meters), enough to accommodate some of the largest cargo and cruise ships on the water.
Maryland plans to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in just over four years at an estimated cost between $1.7 billion and $1.9 billion, a state transportation official said Thursday.
Did anyone survive the West Gate bridge collapse? ›
2000 tonnes of steel fell 45 metres - 35 workers were killed, 17 were injured. Some 'rode' the bridge down and, miraculously, survived. All those who survived were traumatised, as were many people living the working-class suburbs surrounding it.
Did they find all the bodies from the bridge collapse in Baltimore? ›
Six weeks to the day since a massive cargo ship struck a support beam, sending the bridge and a construction crew fixing its potholes into the river, the bodies of all six men killed in the collapse have been found.
Who was the fifth body found in Baltimore? ›
The body of a fifth person was recovered more than a month after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed in Baltimore, officials said. Miguel Angel Luna Gonzalez, 49, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, was found Wednesday, the Key Bridge Response Unified Command said in a statement.
What is the tallest bridge in Baltimore Maryland? ›
Francis Scott Key Bridge (Baltimore)
| Francis Scott Key Bridge |
|---|
| Longest span | 1,200 feet (366 m) |
| Clearance below | 185 feet (56 m) |
| History |
| Designer | J. E. Greiner Company |
19 more rowsIt was one of the world's longest truss bridges. The main span of 1,200 feet (366 m), was the third longest truss bridge in the world. It was originally known as the Outer Harbor Crossing until it was renamed in 1976, while still under construction, and was also known as simply the Key Bridge or Beltway Bridge.
Does Baltimore have a bridge? ›
Along with the Fort McHenry and Baltimore Harbor Tunnels, the Francis Scott Key Bridge is part of a network of Baltimore Harbor crossings that provides convenient and safe transportation for local and interstate traffic.
