The body of a 5th particular person was once recovered more than a month after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, officers mentioned.
Miguel Angel Luna Gonzalez, 49, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, was once discovered Wednesday, the Key Bridge Response Unified Command mentioned in a observation.
His body was once positioned within a pink building car the Unified Command salvage groups discovered.
Maryland State Police, the state’s Transportation Authority Police and the FBI assisted within the restoration.
“We remain dedicated to the ongoing recovery operations while knowing behind each person lost in this tragedy lies a loving family,” Maryland State Police Superintendent Roland Butler Jr. mentioned in a observation.
“Along with our local, state and federal partners, we ask that everyone extend their deepest sympathies and support to the families during this difficult time,” Butler added.
One particular person stays lacking within the March 26 collapse after a shipment send struck a bridge give a boost to. He was once recognized as José Mynor Lopez, in line with NBC Washington.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott thanked the groups who helped find the sufferer.
“With the news that a fifth victim has been located, there is some small peace provided to another family amidst all the agony they’ve endured,” he mentioned Thursday in a post on X. “While we continue to be heartbroken for all these families, one more soul has been brought home, but one Marylander is still missing.”
He endured: “To the family still waiting, our entire city joins you in hope for the same closure soon and shares in your grief. We continue to be here for you, in whatever way you need, now and always.”
The bridge crumbled and plummeted into the Patapsco River seconds after a 948-foot, Singapore-flagged container send, named the Dali, hit one in all its give a boost to pillars, video confirmed.
Investigators mentioned the send’s lighting fixtures had close off 4 mins sooner than coming again on. At 1:25 a.m., darkish black smoke billowed from the send’s chimney. A minute later, the send seemed to flip and the lighting fixtures flickered once more sooner than it hit the give a boost to.
The FBI has opened a felony investigation into the incident, two senior police officers accustomed to the investigation informed NBC News ultimate month. The resources mentioned a part of the investigation will contain whether or not the group in the past knew about possible mechanical problems at the send. The probe will even have a look at the occasions that led as much as when the vessel left the port, in line with the resources.
The our bodies of the 3rd and fourth sufferers had been present in April. One of them was once recognized as Maynor Yasir Suazo-Sandoval, 38, a building employee. At the circle of relatives’s request, officers didn’t determine the opposite sufferer.
An afternoon after the collapse, two different our bodies had been recovered from a car within the water. Authorities recognized them as Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, 35, who was once from Mexico and lived in Baltimore; and Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera, 26, who was once from Guatemala and lived in Dundalk, Maryland.