Ohio River closed to navigation at Olmstead locks, dam: US Corps of Engineers

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The Ohio River was closed to navigation Wednesday at theOlmsted Locks and Dam, near Olmsted, Illinois, due to a barge accidentearlier in the day, according to a US Army Corps spokesman.Todd Hornback, a spokesman for the Corps’ Louisville, Kentucky,district, said an accident between two vessels caused a commercialtow to break apart around noon EDT, which closed the river due tosafety factors.