Akuluakulu anena kuti Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, wotambasula 1.6 miles (2.57 km) ku Maryland, inagwa m'maola a Lachiwiri kutsatira kugunda ndi sitima yapamadzi.
Malinga ndi akuluakulu aboma, ngoziyi idasiya anthu asanu ndi awiri m'madzimo. Kanema wamoyo yemwe adakwezedwa pa YouTube akuwonetsa sitimayo ikugunda mlatho, zomwe zidapangitsa kugwa kwa magawo angapo mumtsinje wa Patapsco.
Dipatimenti ya Moto City ya Baltimore idagawa zomwe zidachitikazo ngati ngozi ya anthu ambiri ndipo idayambitsa ntchito yofufuza anthu omwe adasowa mumtsinjewo. Kevin Cartwright, mkulu wa zolankhulana ku Baltimore Fire Department, adauza Reuters kuti mafoni angapo a 911 adalandiridwa cha m'ma 1:30 am, akuwonetsa kuti chombo chagunda ndi Key Bridge, zomwe zinachititsa kuti chiwonongeke.
Apolisi aku Baltimore adadziwitsidwa za zomwe zikuchitika nthawi ya 1:35 am ET (535 GMT) Lachiwiri. Malinga ndi a Associated Press, magalimoto angapo adagwera m'madzi chifukwa cha ngoziyi.
Francis Scott Key Bridge ku Baltimore panthawiyo (chithunzi cha kanema wa YouTube)
Deta yolondolera sitima yoperekedwa ndi LSEG ikuwonetsa kukhalapo kwa sitima yapamadzi yokhala ndi mbendera yaku Singapore, Dali, pamalo a Key Bridge komwe kudachitika. Grace Ocean Pte Ltd adalembedwa kuti ndi eni ake olembetsedwa a sitimayo, pomwe Synergy Marine Group imagwira ntchito ngati manejala, malinga ndi mbiri ya LSEG.
Synergy Marine Corp inanena kuti sitima yapamadzi yotchedwa "Dali," yomwe ikuwulutsa mbendera ya Singapore, inagundana ndi mizati imodzi ya mlatho. Iwo atsimikizira kuti onse ogwira nawo ntchito, kuphatikizapo oyendetsa ndege awiri, apezeka, ndipo palibe kuvulala komwe kunanenedwa.
Madoko a Baltimore, achinsinsi komanso apagulu, adagwira magalimoto 847,158 ndi magalimoto opepuka mu 2023, omwe ndi apamwamba kwambiri pakati pa madoko onse aku US. Kuphatikiza apo, dokoli limayang'anira kayendedwe ka makina aulimi ndi zomangamanga, shuga, gypsum, ndi malasha, malinga ndi zomwe zilipo patsamba la boma la Maryland. Akuluakulu a doko la Baltimore sanayankhe nthawi yomweyo pempho la Reuters kuti apereke ndemanga.
The Key Bridge, yomwe idatchulidwa ndi Francis Scott Key, idakhazikitsidwa mu 1977, ndi ndalama zomanga zokwana $60.3 miliyoni.
Written by Alius Noreika
