Judge refuses to postpone June 1 civil trial over deadly bridge collapse

BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday refused to postpone a trial that is scheduled to start next month for civil claims stemming from the 2024 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, rejecting a request for a delay by companies involved in the deadly disaster.

U.S. District Judge James Bredar said the civil trial will start as scheduled on June 1 despite the recent filing of crim…