The body of a fifth victim of the Baltimore Key Bridge collapse was recovered Wednesday night.

Miguel Angel Luna Gonzalez, 49, was one of six people killed when the Francis Scott Key Bridge was struck by a ship in the early morning hours of March 26.

“While we continue to be heartbroken for all these families, one more soul has been brought home, but one Marylander is still missing,” Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said in a statement.

José Mynor Lopez is the only victim whose body has not yet been located by salvage teams. All six victims were construction workers and Latino immigrants.

Gonzalez’s body was recovered on Wednesday from a red truck located in the water, according to the Key Bridge Response Unified Command. He was a resident of Glen Burnie, Md., a suburb south of Baltimore.

Officials had already recovered the bodies of Alejandro Hernández Fuentes, Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera, Maynor Yasir Suazo-Sandoval and Carlos Daniel Hernandez. Two workers who were on the bridge when it collapsed were also rescued by first responders.

On Thursday, the Maryland Department of Transportation announced plans to rebuild the bridge, with costs estimated at $1.7 billion to $1.9 billion and an expected completion date of fall 2028. The plans are preliminary and construction specifics have not been finalized, according to MDOT spokesman David Broughton.

The container ship Dali, owned by Singapore-based Grace Ocean Pte Ltd. and managed by Synergy Marine Group, lost power while steering through the Patapsco River at the Port of Baltimore around 1:30 a.m. on March 26.

Dali slammed directly into a bridge support pylon, dropping the span into the water almost instantly. The ship itself has remained at the exact same spot for over a month.

Earlier this week, officials announced plans to refloat and remove the ship as part of the cleanup process. It has been blocked by a tangled mess of wreckage on its bow, but authorities expect to have it removed by May 10.

Clearing out the ship is a crucial step to reopening the busy Port of Baltimore, which has been largely shut down since the crash.

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