(The Center Square) – More than five weeks after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore, the remains of a fifth construction worker were recovered on Wednesday.
The victim was identified as Miguel Angel Luna Gonzalez, 49, of Glen Burnie, Md., state officials said in a news release. Gonzalez was one of six workers who went missing in the collapse. One additional worker remains missing.
It was just before sunrise on March 26 when the cargo ship Dali lost power and hit the bridge, causing it to collapse into the Patapsco River.
The devastating event has inspired new legislation from a lawmaker who hopes to avoid something similar happening in Washington state.
“What happened in Baltimore with the bridge collapse and most importantly the loss of life, it creates an issue for us to think about our bridges and with these massive ships, what could that mean,” said state Sen. Jeff
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