Officials recovered the bodies of two construction workers who were killed in the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday morning.
Maryland State Police said at a press briefing Wednesday evening that search and recovery crews located two workers–Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, 35, of Baltimore, and Dorlian Castillo Cabrera, 26, of Dundalk, Maryland–shortly before 10 a.m. ET.
Colonel Roland Butler, the superintendent for Maryland State Police, said that the victims were located in a red pickup truck that was submerged in approximately 25 feet of water. The vehicle was located near the middle span of the bridge, which collapsed after a cargo ship traveling in the Baltimore Inner Harbor lost power. Butler said that family members for both victims were notified in person by Maryland State Police personnel Wednesday afternoon.
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