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| Vessels collide, strand workers |
| By The Associated Press |
| Published: 04/14/2008 |
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LOUISIANA - Hundreds of state prison employees were left scrambling for a way to work Monday after a boat that carries them there collided with a barge on the Mississippi River upstream from Baton Rouge, injuring 18 people. The Coast Guard was investigating what caused the vessels to collide Sunday as the crewboat was taking workers who had just ended their shifts across the swollen river. Officials could not immediately say whether high water played a role. Normally, the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola uses a ferry to take workers and their vehicles back and forth from the west side of the river to the prison on the east side. But crewboats — typically used to move workers to offshore petroleum platforms — had been used recently because of the high water, prison spokeswoman Angie Norwood said. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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