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Companies and Superintendent Indicted Over Fatal Key Bridge Collapse

5/12/2026

Summary

Story summary

Prosecutors indicted Synergy Marine Pte Ltd., Synergy Maritime Pte Ltd., and superintendent Radhakrishnan Karthik Nair for the March 26, 2024 crash of M/V Dali into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, killing six construction workers.
The indictment says the firms used an unapproved flushing pump, concealed it, falsified inspections, omitted it from documents, and misled the NTSB, causing power loss that led to the collapse.
Attorney General Todd Blanche called the collapse preventable.

History

Historical Context

The I-35W Mississippi River bridge, opened in 1967 and carrying about 140,000 vehicles daily, was rated “structurally deficient” in 2005 with a sufficiency score of 50. Its August 1 2007 collapse killed 13 people, prompting MnDOT and the NTSB to order nationwide inspections of similar gusset-plate designs and tighten federal bridge-safety regulations.

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Story summary

Prosecutors indicted Synergy Marine Pte Ltd., Synergy Maritime Pte Ltd., and superintendent Radhakrishnan Karthik Nair for the March 26, 2024 crash of M/V Dali into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, killing six construction workers.
The indictment says the firms used an unapproved flushing pump, concealed it, falsified inspections, omitted it from documents, and misled the NTSB, causing power loss that led to the collapse.
Attorney General Todd Blanche called the collapse preventable.

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