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Similar posts exploded on X and platforms, Instagram added, hours after a container sank on the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, blocking one of the busiest advertising ports in the United States. Officials said the shipment lost steam and sank into the design after issuing a distress call and anchoring in a last-ditch effort to avert disaster.
Divers and other specialized teams combed the Patapsco River in an effort to locate six missing members of a framing team, who as of March 27 were presumed dead and were repairing potholes in the bridge when it collapsed. Two other team members were rescued from the frigid waters.
Baltimore Fire Chief James Wallace said sonar detected vehicles in the water, but may not provide further details. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said the investigation is still ongoing, while Transportation Secretary Paul Wiedefeld said the government “doesn’t believe” other people were trapped. in cars.
Some of the messages circulating online included actual facts from the Baltimore disaster, but the photo of the submerged car has no connection to the collapse, prompting a flood of incorrect information about X.
A search for the opposite symbol revealed the same symbol in articles from the BBC, Belfast Telegraph and other internet sites about a man who was rescued from his car after falling into a river outside Dungiven, Northern Ireland, on January 1, 2022 (archived here, here and here). The silver Peugeot 3008 crashed into a nearby bridge before falling into the water.
The reports are from the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service, which posted them on Facebook (archived here).
“Dungiven and Limavady firefighters, supported by specialized teams from Crescent Link and central fire stations, responded to a vehicle-in-the-water incident this morning outside Dungiven,” the firm wrote.
“The driver of the vehicle was rescued through the first groups provided and then a systemic river search was carried out until the PSNI proved that all occupants of the vehicle had been found. “
AFP denies misinformation about the collapse of the Baltimore bridge.