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Collision on Ohio River
Coast Guard Ohio Valley watchstanders were notified a collision took place between the "Christina Belcher", pushing two crude oil barges, and a loaded sand barge in a fleeting area on the Ohio River at mile marker 952, on Dec 24, 2014, at around 3 a.m. One of the oil barges, carrying an estimated 921,000 gallons of crude oil, was damaged but remained intact with no reported pollution. The sand barge was damaged and sank outside the navigable waterway. Personnel from Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Paducah, Kentucky, are on scene and will supervise response and recovery efforts.
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