US President Joe Biden is going to visit Baltimore on Friday, April 5, where a ship previously crashed into a bridge, causing it to collapse and blocking the local port, as per White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
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Biden had mentioned before that he planned to visit Baltimore, but did not say when.
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“President Biden will travel to Baltimore on Friday to visit the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge,” Jean-Pierre said during a briefing.
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The Francis Scott Key Highway Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, collapsed on Tuesday after the out-of-control Singaporean container ship Dali crashed into it. Officials do not think the bridge was destroyed on purpose; everything indicates a “random coincidence,” according to Biden. The US Department of Transportation estimated the daily loss from the emergency at up to $200 million.random coincidence,” Biden noted. The US Department of Transportation estimated the daily loss from the emergency at up to $200 million.
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Transportation Secretary Buttigieg mentioned that six people died in the emergency.
