In this April 27, 2012 photo, the red paddle wheel of the American Queen steamboat churns as it propels the vessel on a Memphis to Cincinnati cruise on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)Investigators are still trying to determine the location of leak in an oil barge that struck a railroad bridge in Vicksburg, Miss., on Sunday and shut sections of the Mississippi River to traffic.
The barge, the Associated Press reported, was carrying 80,000 gallons, and sheen from the oil was reported three miles from the site of crash. A second barge also reportedly was damaged.
“Investigators are still trying to figure out what happened” and how much oil had spilled, said Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Ryan Gomez, according to the Associated Press.
Officials with the United States Environmental Services were trying to contain the oil. As of Monday, the river was still closed to traffic, the Coast Guard reported.
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Cheryl Chumley is a continuous news writer for The Washington Times. Previously, she was part of the start-up team for The Washington Times’ digital aggregation product, Times247. She’s also a 2008-2009 Robert Novak journalism fellow with The Phillips Foundation. She can be reached at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.
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