BALTIMORE — Authorities have found Miguel Ángel Luna González, the fifth victim of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse to be pulled from the Patapsco River.

Officers recovered the body of Luna, 49, from inside a red truck discovered by salvage teams, the Key Bridge Unified Command said late Wednesday in a news release.

Nearly 40 days the collapse killed six workers, friends of the Glen Burnie welder and beloved family man expressed a mix of relief and sadness that Luna’s remains had been found.

The body of José Mynor López, a father of four who was from Guatemala and lived in Dundalk, remains missing. Maryland State Police Superintendent Col. Roland L. Butler Jr. said in the release that teams remain dedicated to ongoing recovery efforts.

State Police investigators, Maryland Transportation Authority Police and the FBI recovered Luna’s body Wednesday from the truck.

“With the news that a fifth victim has been located, there is some small peace provided to another family amidst all the agony they’ve endured,” Democratic Mayor Brandon Scott said in a statement Thursday. “To the family still waiting, our entire city joins you in hope for the same closure soon and shares in your grief.”

Divers previously recovered the bodies of Dorlian Castillo Cabrera, 26, originally from Guatemala; Maynor Suazo Sandoval, 38, originally from Honduras; Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, 35, originally from Mexico; and Carlos Daniel Hernandez, who was in his 20s and was originally from Mexico.

The victims were part of a Brawner Builders crew working on the bridge when it was struck by the cargo ship Dali early in the morning of March 26 and collapsed into the Patapsco River. Crews have been clearing parts of bridge, roadway and other debris using giant cranes and claws to find the victims and reopen a deepwater shipping channel by the end of May.

Friends have described Luna, an immigrant from El Salvador, as a joyful father of three and grandfather. Luna and his wife, Maria del Carmen, operated a pink-and-white food truck, Pupuseria Y Antojitos Carmencita Luna, and he was known to bring food to job sites to share. Last month, friends and family hosted a memorial soccer tournament in his honor.

Ratneswar Roychowdhury developed a friendship with Luna and his wife over the last few years despite a language barrier.

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