First missing person in bridge collapse named as all six presumed dead

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The distraught families of the missing workers have gathered together as they await news of their loved ones who fell into the river after the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed

The first of the six people missing presumed dead after the tragic bridge collapse in Baltimore has been named.

Six construction workers, who were working on the bridge fixing potholes, are presumed to be dead by their employer - Brawner Builders.Miguel Luna's wife María del Carmen Castellón told Telemundo 44 in Spanish: “They only tell us that we have to wait, that for now, they can’t give us information,” she said earlier in the day. “ devastated, devastated because our heart is broken, because we don’t know if they’ve rescued them yet. We’re just waiting to hear any news.

Radio traffic obtained from the Broadcastify.com archive indicates officers were just about to alert a construction crew when a major bridge in Baltimore collapsed after being hit by a container ship that had lost power. The six people still unaccounted for were part of the construction crew, which was filling potholes on the bridge.

 

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