Just four days after a cargo ship crashed onto the majestic Francis Scott Key in Baltimore killing six people, a new such accident was reported this Saturday in the United States. It happened in Oklahoma, where a barge collided against one of the concrete pillars of a bridge spanning the Arkansas River in Oklahoma.
As a result of this crash, state police closed South Highway 59 on Saturday around 1:25 p.m. and diverted traffic from the area, state police spokeswoman Sarah Stewart said. There were no reports of injuries on the road or on the barge.
The bridge, which crosses the Arkansas River where it enters the Robert S. Kerr Reservoir, it was closed for about an hour for inspection. “US-59 is now OPEN on the Arkansas River south of Sallisaw, near the Sequoyah/LeFlore county line, after a barge struck the bridge,” the government agency posted on X. “Engineers have inspected the facility and found it safe to reopen,” they added. .
The barge struck one of the concrete piers of a bridge spanning the Arkansas River in OklahomaIt is not known at this time what caused the barge to hit the bridge.
The news came as engineers worked Saturday to raise a twisted steel section of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland after it collapsed into the Patapsco River.
The accident occurred around 01:30 local time on Thursday (2:30 in Argentina), when the cargo ship “Dali” collided with that bridge, one of the largest and busiest on the planet, causing the bridge collapse. inaugurated in 1977.
The ship lost propulsion, according to initial indications, and ended up stuck against the bridge. The alarm raised by the ship itself made it possible to stop the entry of vehicles into the area and save human lives.
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A video, which captures the head-on impact, shows the moment the cargo ship loses power and its lights go out.
Two people were rescued by emergency services, but others six died as a result of that accident. As regards the nationality of the six victims, they are two Mexicans, two Guatemalans, one Honduran and one Salvadoran.
Before the collision, the crew of the container ship issued an emergency alarm, which according to authorities made it possible to stop the movement of vehicles on the deck and averted a serious tragedy.
Singaporean company Synergy Group, which operates the ship, confirmed that none of the ship’s 22 crew members were injured.
Source: Clarin
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