LULING, La. (AP) — The crew of a tugboat was shortly rescued when their vessel sank into the Mississippi River following a collision with a tanker ship in Louisiana. The U.S. Coast Guard mentioned Monday that it’s investigating the crash and that the river stays open.
St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne mentioned his workplace acquired a report of the collision between the ship and tugboat close to the Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge in Luling, Louisiana, on Sunday night time.
“Preliminary reviews are that each one crew members from the tug have been rescued,” Champagne mentioned in a Fb put up round 10 p.m. Sunday.
The sheriff’s workplace mentioned the tanker was touring upriver when it struck the tugboat and precipitated the smaller vessel to sink, WWL-TV reported.
Emergency medical personnel evaluated the crew and would transport them to a hospital for remedy if needed, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.
The U.S. Coast Guard’s eighth District workplace in New Orleans, referred to as Coast Guard Heartland, mentioned it dispatched personnel to the scene however the 5 individuals who went into the river throughout the crash already had been rescued when the Guard crews arrived.
The tugboat, registered because the Patrick J. Studdert, sank in a stretch of river 90 ft (27.4 meters) deep, based on the Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard mentioned there might be an evaluation of attainable environmental impacts of the accident website in Luling, about 23 miles (37 kilometers) west of New Orleans.
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