00:00more than a year after a cargo ship took down Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge.
00:04Killing six workers, federal prosecutors have finally unsealed criminal charges,
00:09and the targets are the operators behind the dolly.
00:12The Singaporean company that operated the ship
00:15and one of its foreign employees have been charged in connection with the bridge's collapse,
00:20which occurred in the early hours of March 26, 2024.
00:25The indictment accuses the operators of negligence and concealment,
00:29alleging the ship's known electrical and power system failures
00:32were not properly disclosed before it departed Baltimore's port.
00:36The collapse killed six road crew workers,
00:39who were filling potholes on the bridge when the ship lost power and struck a support column.
00:44The Francis Scott Key Bridge had stood for 47 years.
00:48Its collapse cost Baltimore's economy an estimated $15 million a day in lost trade
00:54during the months the port was blocked.
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