FBI opens criminal probe into collapse of Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore

The FBI has opened a criminal investigation on the container ship that took down Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge last month, looking to determine if the ship’s crew left the port knowing the vessel was troubled.

Officials are reviewing the events that led up to the Dali container ship colliding with one of the key bridge’s support pillars, two US officials with knowledge of the matter told the Washington Post.

“The FBI is present aboard the cargo ship Dali conducting court authorized law enforcement activity,” the agency said in a statement Monday morning. Salvage crews continue to remove wreckage from the cargo ship Dali after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the Patapsco River on April 10, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. Getty Images

The FBI did not comment further on their investigation