At least 7 dead after ferry dock gangway collapses on Georgia's Sapelo Island
SAPELO ISLAND, Ga. — Authorities said at least seven people were killed Saturday when part of a ferry dock collapsed on Georgia's Sapelo Island, where crowds had gathered for a fall celebration by the island's tiny Gullah-Geechee community of Black slave descendants.
Saturday, Oct. 19, during the annual Cultural Day celebration a ferry dock gangway collapsed sending 20 people underwater— killing seven and injuring several others.
Catastrophic failure” caused a gangway to collapse at a ferry dock on Sapelo Island Saturday, leading to seven deaths, ...
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