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Barges sink, tugboat hits Hale-Boggs Bridge
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The United States Coast Guard reports a tugboat involved in moving 29-barges down the Mississippi struck an abutment of the Hale-Boggs Bridge around 1:30 Sunday morning.

According to WWL-TV, the tugboat Cooperative Spirit, which is suspected of being the same boat involved in a deadly collision with another tug in January, was moving 29-barges downriver when the accident happened.  


The collision also resulted in the sinking of two barges laden with grain in the main channel.  

According to the Coast Guard Division-8 an errant barge reportedly drifted downriver prompting a search for it.  

As result, the Coast Guard closed the river to all traffic between mile markers 115-through-122 and has yet to reopen it.  

The Department of Transportation inspected the bridge and declared it damage-free.  

There were no injuries or loss of life in the incident.