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hello, i m lucy grey. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. the governor of maryland has declared a state of emergency after the collapse of a bridge in the us city of baltimore. it was hit by a container ship, and emergency officials have described the incident as a mass casualty event . baltimore mayor brandon scott says it s an unthinkable tragedy . a number of cars were on the bridge at the time of the impact. the city s fire chief said it s still an active search and rescue operation, which will last for some time . rescuers have already taken two people from the water, one of whom is described as in a very serious condition. the search is on for at least seven other people, and possibly as many as 20. this is the moment the collision happened you can see the ship hitting a column of the francis scott key bridge on the left of screen. the bridge quickly collapsed. the collision happened about 1:40am local time. there
state of maryland, the francis scott key bridge bridge crosses the patapsco river. the bridge is a key transport route in the city traffic is being diverted throughout. here s a witness briefly describing the scene. you wanted to know what the bang was. ship hit the key bridge. sinking. the bridge is gone. we are seeing some live pictures where rescue workers are still trying to establish the scale of the disaster after the ship hit one of the columns of the bridge and caused it to collapse. the container ship hit the bridge at about 1:30am local time and at least seven people and several vehicles have fallen into the river, according to the baltimore city fire department who are currently at the scene. let s get the latest with simonjones in the newsroom. what is the latest on the numbers of people that might be affected. absolutely extraordinary pictures, it has prompted a huge response from the emergency services. we were initially told they feared seven people were in t
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