Baltimore bridge collapse: Divers find two bodies in submerged truck

They are now using sonar scans and believe that vehicles that may contain other bodies are “encased in superstructure and concrete” that came down from the bridge, an official said.

Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said earlier that two of its citizens were presumed dead – one of whom is now identified as Mr Fuentes – while another was rescued from the water.

Divers have been swimming in chilly waters with metal debris from the bridge that fell in the river

Roughly 4,700 cargo containers were also on board, including 56 that contained hazardous materials

A data recorder recovered from the ship shows that power failed for just over a minute, but this was enough to make the collision unavoidable.

Mr Moore said that 8,000 jobs could be affected by the bridge collapse and called the incident a “global crisis”.

Paul Wiedefeld, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation, stressed that replacing the bridge will not be a fast process, but he promised at Wednesday’s press conference that officials are working to “come up with a design for the replacement of that bridge as quickly as possible to get the port back up and the community back up and running”.