(15 May 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Galveston, Texas – 15 May 2024
1. Various of crashed barge, crew on the barge
2. Coast guard patrolling the waterway
STORYLINE:
Officials say a barge has hit a bridge in Galveston, Texas, spilling oil into surrounding waters and closing the only road connecting the city to Pelican Island.
There have been no reports of injuries, although officials say one person on the barge was knocked into the water and quickly rescued.
David Flores, a bridge superintendent with the Galveston County Navigation District, says the accident happened at 9:50 a.m. Wednesday, when a tugboat backing out of a fuel storage operator next to the bridge lost control of two barges.
Flores says one of the barges struck a bridge pillar and two telephone poles.
AP video shot by Lekan Oyekanmi
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