According to Baltimore’s Unified Command, they have successfully recovered the body of one of the three victims who were missing after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
The salvage teams discovered what they thought to be one of the construction vehicles that went missing on March 26 following the incident. They immediately informed the Maryland Department of State Police, according to United Command.
The Maryland State Police, the FBI, and the Maryland Transportation Authority Police were quick to respond to the scene. Under the coordination of United Command, they swiftly located a deceased victim who was tragically trapped inside the vehicle on Sunday.
The victim’s name has not been released by the authorities, as per the family’s request. Unified Command confirmed that the medical examiner’s office identified the victim on Monday.
Col. Roland L. Butler, Jr., superintendent of the Maryland Department of State Police, expressed his condolences for the lives lost and acknowledged that every missing person is cherished by their loved ones.
Two additional victims are still missing and have been pronounced deceased following the incident that occurred on March 26. A cargo ship collided with the Baltimore bridge, resulting in the near-complete collapse of a bridge span at the port.
Six individuals lost their lives in the tragic incident. Authorities have already discovered and identified the remains of three of the victims. These brave souls were Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, 35, Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera, 26, and Maynor Yasir Suazo-Sandoval, 38.
Miguel Luna, a loving father of five from Usulutan, California in El Salvador, was one of the workers who went missing and is presumed to be dead, according to his family’s account to ABC News.
According to the foreign ministries of their respective countries, a 35-year-old individual from Camotán, Chiquimula, in Guatemala, and a Mexican resident are also missing and presumed dead.
The salvage operations are still ongoing.
