4th Key Bridge Victim Found Dead In Baltimore Waters: Officials

BALTIMORE, MD — Crews on Sunday found the body of a fourth construction worker who died in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, a press release said Monday afternoon.

At the family’s request, officials are not yet releasing the victim’s name.

Salvage teams found what they thought was one of the missing construction vehicles that fell into the Patapsco River when a cargo ship crashed into it on March 26. The salvage teams promptly notified authorities.

The Maryland State Police, the FBI and the Maryland Transportation Authority Police responded and found the victim trapped inside the vehicle.

The victim’s body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and was positively identified on Monday.

The road crew was on the bridge patching potholes on I-695 overnight when the cargo ship Dali lost power and steering and slammed into a support of the Baltimore bridge, bringing the entire structure down.

Read all of Patch’s Key Bridge collapse coverage here.

The Maryland State Police, an FBI Victim Specialist and linguist, the Baltimore County Mobile Crisis Team and the Governor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs met with and notified family members on Monday.

Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott said he was grateful for the work of the salvage teams for their effort to recover the fourth victim to help bring closure for the family.

“Our hearts continue to break for the loved ones of these victims. Our entire city remains with them, joining them in mourning and in healing now that one more of their loved ones has been brought home,” Scott said. “For those still waiting, we join them in their hope and grief that they will have the same closure soon.”

The body of a third missing road crew worker — Maynor Yasir Suazo-Sandoval, 38, of northwestern Honduras — was recovered at the bridge collapse site on April 5 by divers.

Two men’s bodies were found in a pickup truck shortly after the collapse: Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, 35, of Baltimore, and Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera, 26, of Dundalk.

Miguel Luna, from El Salvador, Carlos Hernández and Jose Mynor Lopez were the three missing victims, media reports said. The group of workers hailed from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.

Two workers are still missing and presumed dead.

“As we mourn the lives lost and continue the recovery operation, we recognize each missing individual is someone’s beloved friend or family member,” said Colonel Roland L. Butler Jr., Superintendent of the Maryland Department of State Police, “Along with all of our allied law enforcement partners, we pledge to exhaust the physical and technical aspects of their training while deploying every available resource possible.”

A fundraiser that the Baltimore City Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs set up for the families of those killed is accepting donations online at www.baltimorecivicfund.org.