Governors of Maryland:The container ship's collision with a bridge was an accident, not a terrorist attack.

U.S. Maryland Governor Wes Moore said on the morning of March 26 that the incident when a container ship hit a bridge in Baltimore, the state in the early morning that day, causing it to collapse was an accident, not a terrorist attack.

Moore told a news conference that preliminary investigations showed it was an accident and that no evidence was seen pointing to a terrorist attack. Maryland State Department of Transportation officials say eight people were on the bridge when it collapsed. Two people were rescued from the water, one of whom was taken to hospital, while the other six are still missing.

At 1:27 a.m. EST on March 26, the U.S. Coast Guard received a report that a container ship flying the Singapore flag had hit the "Francis Scott Key" Bridge in Baltimore. The bridge collapsed after being hit, and people and vehicles fell into the water. Before the bridge hit, the container ship had just left Baltimore Port and its destination was Colombo, Sri Lanka. No one was injured or missing on the container ship, but the bow was severely damaged.

Moore said the crew reported to relevant authorities that the container ship had lost power before the accident and issued a distress signal. After receiving the signal, relevant authorities began to block vehicles from entering the "Francis Scott Key" Bridge.

According to local emergency department officials, search and rescue work is still underway and diving operations have begun. Low water temperature, rapid water flow and poor visibility at the scene of the incident brought more difficulties to the search and rescue work.

It is reported that Baltimore's "Francis Scott Key" Bridge was opened to traffic in 1977, is about 2.6 kilometers long, and has an annual traffic volume of about 11.5 million vehicles.