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The accident happened shortly before 10 a.m. after a tugboat operator pushing two barges lost control of them, said David Flores, a bridge superintendent with the Galveston County Navigation District.
A barge slammed into a bridge in Galveston on Wednesday, spilling oil into the bay and forcing a shutdown of the Texas span, officials said, in the latest accident involving prominent U.S ...
Early estimates indicate up to 2,000 gallons of oil may have spilled into surrounding waters when a barge carrying fuel broke free from a tugboat and slammed into a bridge near Galveston, Texas ...
Riley Ann's body was discovered in Galveston Bay by a fisherman on October 29, 2007. [9] [16] A coroner discovered three skull fractures on the body, and the investigation then proceeded as a homicide case. [2] [8] The extent of the injuries was described as having similar force to falling from a rooftop. [16]
It is operated by Galveston County, Road District 1. [13] This 1.3 mile bridge has two lanes [13] and has a toll fee of $2. Surfside Beach is the closest city on the other side of Galveston along Brazoria County Road 257. The east approach to the San Luis Pass Bridge also serves as the western terminus of FM 3005.
On the morning of November 1, 1979, the Liberian-flagged Burmah Agate, while in the customary anchorage area for the Port of Houston inbound to Galveston Bay with 400,000 bbl (17,000,000 US gal; 64,000,000 L) of fuel A, was struck by the outbound freighter Mimosa just outside the entrance to the Galveston Bay channel.
A bridge in Galveston Texas was hit by a barge on Wednesday, causing part of an attached railway to collapse (AP) According to the Galveston County Office of Emergency Management, the incident ...
Pelican Island is an island located in Galveston County, Texas.It is part of the city of Galveston and is linked to Galveston Island by the Pelican Island causeway.The island is home to the Texas A&M University at Galveston as well as two museum ships—the destroyer escort USS Stewart (DE-238) and the submarine USS Cavalla (SS-244)—and Seawolf Park.