Captain dies in sinking of towboat following abandonment of tow with foundering barge

摘要

The captain of a towboat was killed when the vessel sank in West Vir ginia's Kanawha River a few hours after abandoning a tow because one of its barges foundered. Greg Smith, of Cadettsburg, Ky., died inside Misty Dawn when it sank at 0200 April 19 near Win field, WVa., the U.S. Coast Guard said. The 800-hp towboat was built in 1958.