I’ve been following this pretty closely and I was just wondering who was responsible for the workers on the bridge? The captain of the ship warned the bridge to stop traffic onto the bridge due to the strong possibility of a collision. Was there no one responsible for the safety of the bridge workers to tell them to get the hell off of the bridge when they could see this giant cargo ship heading straight for them?
MDTA Police Officers were at each end of the FSK Bridge, to control vehicle traffic flow - given the work areas and such workers were on the bridge. Highway barriers, barrels, and lights were in place, guiding traffic.
Those MDTA officers at each end, shut down traffic flow, as described in the NTSB media press conference of yesterday, Wednesday, March 27th.