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The city of Baltimore has woken up in shock this morning after a major bridge in the US city of Baltimore snapped and plunged into the Patapsco River.

The city鈥檚 mayor has called the event an 鈥渦nspeakable tragedy鈥� and confirmed that construction workers were on the bridge when it collapsed.

A state of emergency has been declared in Maryland while a huge search operation is under way for at least seven people.

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鈥� Dr Stergios Aristoteles, Head of Structures at the University of Birmingham
鈥� Justin Fenton, an investigative reporter at The Baltimore Banner
鈥� Tom Bateman, 麻豆社 State Department Correspondent

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This episode was made by Keiligh Baker with Cordelia Hemming. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The series producer is George Dabby. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.