WASHINGTON: Six workers who perished when a container ship struck a bridge in Maryland twenty months ago might not have died had they been alerted immediately of impending disaster, the US National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.
One minute and 29 seconds elapsed between the time police were told to block bridge-bound traffic and the moment the ship struck the bridge, NTSB officials heard, as investigative findings were presented and endorsed at a public board meeting.
Had they been notified about the same time police were, “the highway workers may have had sufficient time to drive to a portion of the bridge that did not collapse,” officials said.