The body of the fifth construction worker killed in the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge in March was found Wednesday, officials said.
State officials said in a news release that the victim has been identified as Miguel Angel Luna Gonzalez, 49, of Glen Burnie, Maryland. Gonzalez was one of six workers missing in the collapse. One He remains missing.
More than five weeks after the bridge collapsed after colliding with a cargo ship in the middle of the night, salvage teams found a missing construction vehicle on Wednesday. The crew called Maryland State Police, and Maryland State Transit Authority police and the FBI worked together to recover Gonzalez's body from the red truck.
“We remain focused on recovery efforts, knowing that behind each person lost in this tragedy is a loving family,” Maryland State Police Chief Col. Roland L. Butler Jr. said in a statement. “I am doing so,” he said.
Gustavo Torres, executive director of CASA, a nonprofit organization serving immigrants in Baltimore, said Gonzalez was originally from El Salvador and was married with three children.
Two victims were rescued the day after the disaster. The third he was recovered on April 5th and the fourth a few weeks later.
The men were part of a construction crew working on a road in Baltimore in the early hours of March 26 when a large cargo ship named Dali lost power and crashed into a bridge. Two workers on board survived the accident, but six disappeared into the water and were presumed dead by evening.
The Dali was heading to Sri Lanka with 4,700 shipping containers on board when it crashed.
Engineers had previously warned that the bridge's design would not allow it to withstand a direct hit from a container ship.
In the aftermath, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the accident was the deadliest bridge collapse in the United States in more than a decade and would have a lasting impact on the Port of Baltimore.