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Tanker Hits Army Barge Injuring 12 on Mississippi River
Twelve people aboard an Army Corps of Engineers living quarters barge were injured when an empty 800 foot Hong Kong tanker struck the vessel near Venice Louisiana on the Mississippi River. The barge sank in about 20 feet of water but those aboard reached shore. The cause was not known and the tanker continued to Pilottown downstream.
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