Shipping company to pay $102M in Key Bridge collapse

Oct. 24 (UPI) -- The company that operated the vessel that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore will pay nearly $102 million in damages, the Justice Department announced Thursday.

"Nearly seven months after one of the worst transportation disasters in recent memory, which claimed six lives and caused untold damage, we have reached an important milestone with today's settlement," Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Benjamin Mizer said in a statement.

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