Oil spill causes traffic jam on Mississippi River
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- Release Date:2015-11-28
Oil spill causes traffic jam on Mississippi River
The U.S. Coast Guard closed part of the Mississippi River Thursday after a collision between two ships caused oil to leak into the water.
The U.S. Coast Guard closed part of the Mississippi River Thursday after a collision between two ships caused oil to leak into the water.
Traffic on a section of the Mississippi River near Paducah, Ky. was brought to a standstill Thursday after an oil spill that resulted from the collision of two ships, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
The collision damaged at least one barge containing slurry oil, cracking its cargo tank and spilling a maximum estimated 250,000 gallons of the heavy refining byproduct, according to a statement from the Coast Guard.