June 18 (Reuters) - The chief engineer of the 984-foot cargo ship Dali that destroyed Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge and killed six construction workers in a March 2024 collision reached a deferred prosecution agreement, the government said on Thursday.

The Justice Department said Karthikeyan Deenadayalan admitted to failing to report a hazardous condition to the U.S. Coast Guard, including that he was aware the Dali used an unsafe fuel supply pump. Last month, a federal grand jury indicted two foreign operators and a shoreside superintendent in the incident.

Deenadayalan, an Indian national, will face 36 months of probation and if he complies with the terms of the agreement will not face prosecution.