US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says if private companies are responsible for the Key Bridge cargo ship crash, they will be held accountable.
“To be clear: if any private party is responsible and accountable for this, then they will be held accountable,” he told CNN.
“But we can’t wait for that to play out to get to work right now,” he said.
When asked if he had any idea when the Patapsco River channel might reopen, Buttigieg said he did not have an estimated time, but was working with relevant authorities, including the US Coast Guard, to get it open as soon as possible.
“Not only do we need to get those ships in, there are some ships that are already in there that can’t get out. So, it’s very important to get that channel open,” he said.
“This is not going to be a simple thing. You’ve got the bridge, the wreckage of the bridge, (and) we don’t know about the conditions of the pier,” he said.
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