In the midst of a celebration of the island’s small Gullah-Geechee community of Black slave descendants, a gangway collapsed on the visitor ferry dock shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday and plunged ...

What did I do?' And he floated by me.” Thomas was among seven people who died Saturday after the dock gangway collapsed with dozens standing on it, waiting to board an afternoon ferry for a ride ...

S AVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia authorities said Sunday they are investigating the “catastrophic failure” of a dock gangway ...

The Department of Natural Resources says around 20 people fell into the water when the Marsh Landing Dock gangway collapsed. Seven people died from that collapse, six went to the hospital with ...

The agency operates the dock and ferry boats that transport people between the island and the mainland. Jones said a gangway at the dock collapsed, sending people plunging into the water.

The somber atmosphere reflected a community in mourning. Saturday’s fatalities involved a dock gangway collapse that pitched some 20 people, many of them elderly, into a swift-moving river.

SAPELO ISLAND, Ga. — Attorney Ben Crump, along with another law firm and the Georgia Attorney General’s Office have inspected the site of the Sapelo Island dock gangway collapse that killed ...

The state settlement included the construction of the dock and “new aluminum gangways” as well as improved ferry service. “There should be very, very little maintenance to an aluminum ...

Georgia's department of natural resources, which operates the dock, said at least 20 people plunged into the water when the gangway collapsed. The incident happened at approximately 16:30 local ...

The most basic gangways are solid inclined ramps, usually with handrails and no-slip surfaces for safety, These can be found at the water front, where they connect floating objects to land. In the ...

Georgia Congressman Earl "Buddy" Carter has introduced a resolution to honor the seven lives lost in the tragic gangway ...