Lax Regulations and Poor Safety Planning Set Stage for Baltimore Bridge Collapse

The recent, horrifying collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the early hours of March 26 was a tragic and very preventable tragedy with multiple sources of political responsibility that lay beyond the problems of the cargo ship’s malfunctioning electrical system. Despite the ship sending out a mayday signal when it lost power, it collided minutes later into the bridge. The accident led to...

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