A fuel barge slammed into a bridge in southern Texas on Wednesday, causing damage to the structure and oil to spill into the surrounding waters.
The accident in Galveston — which is just south of Houston on the Gulf of Mexico — happened when the barge ran into the Pelican Island Causeway, a bridge that connects the town to Pelican Island.
The Associated Press reported that the bridge was struck around 10 a.m. local time when “a tugboat backing out of Texas International Terminals, a fuel storage operator next to the bridge, lost control of two barges it was pushing.”
There was no indication that anyone had been harmed in the accident even though one person reportedly fell off the barge during the accident.
“The current was very bad, and the tide was high,” said David Flores, a bridge superintendent with the Galveston County Navigation District. “He lost it.”
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