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Rescue the crew of a boat that sank in the Mississippi River after colliding with a cargo ship

On Monday, the US Coast Guard quickly rescued the crew of a tugboat when their boat sank in the Mississippi River after colliding with a tanker in the US state of Louisiana.
The Coast Guard said on Monday that it was currently investigating the incident, and that the riverbed remained open to navigation.

Rescue all crew members

St. Charles Parish Police Chief Greg Champagne said his office received a report of the collision between the tanker and a tugboat near the Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge in Luling, Louisiana, on Sunday night.
Champagne added in a post on the social networking site Facebook, “Initial reports indicate that all members of the tugboat crew were rescued.”
The Coast Guard said there would be an assessment of potential environmental impacts at the accident site in Luling, about 23 miles (37 kilometers) west of New Orleans.

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