04JAN2019 - NEWS - US Coast Guard with the Army Corps of Engineers responds to a tug and barge accident on the Ohio River in Louisville

The U.S. Coast Guard along with the Army Corps of Engineers and Tennessee Valley Towing Company continue to respond to a tug and barge accident on the Ohio River in Louisville, Kentucky more than a week after it began. Watchstanders at CG Sector Ohio Valley received a report at around 8:10 p.m. on Christmas reporting that the towing vessel Debbie Graham, which was pushing 15 loaded coal barges, made contact with the 2nd Street Bridge on the Ohio River causing all 15 barges to break free. Only six barges have subsequently been recovered. Nine others are still lying on the dam just above the falls with many of them now sunk.

Published by Editor - www.Livebunkers.com at 04-Jan-2019 07:00:40 [UTC] , contact editor at editor@livebunkers.com