Maryland announced on Tuesday a $2.5 billion settlement with the owner and operator of the cargo vessel that crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, as the U.S. Justice Department charged two foreign companies and one individual in connection with the deadly 2024 collision.
The federal government indicted the ship’s operators in connection with the crash that caused the collapse of the bridge, killing six construction workers.
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