Baltimore Sues Ship Owners In Key Bridge Disaster

CBS News reports:

Baltimore City is suing the owners and managers of the Dali, the cargo ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, causing it to collapse and killing six construction workers. The lawsuit claims the owners of the Dali were negligent in letting the ship leave the Port of Baltimore without failing to fix known power problems.

The ship left the port around 12:45 a.m. and crashed into the Key Bridge around 1:30 a.m. Baltimore City is asking the U.S. District Court of Maryland for a jury trial, and is seeking to hold the owners fully liable for the Key Bridge collapse.

The suit alleges alarms showing an inconsistent power supply on the Dali sounded off before leaving the port, but continued on its voyage anyway, the documents state, despite its unseaworthy conditions.

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City of Baltimore claims in court filing that the ship that hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge was ‘unseaworthy’ when it left port.https://t.co/HHEIYuKwTB

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