Oil spills into Mississippi River from barge that struck bridge pier

摘要

Up to 25,000 gallons of clarified slurry oil leaked into the Mississippi River after a barge struck a pier near Natchez, Miss. The 3,800-hp towboat M/VAmy Frances was pushing six barges downriver when the lead barge MM-46 hit a pier at the Natchez-Vidalia Bridge, said Lt. j.g. Rita Walter of Coast Guard Sector Lower Mississippi. Five barges broke away, and MM-46 partially sank at mile marker 363, just south of the bridge.