Rescue efforts under way as American Heritage takes on water; governor confirms incident in Mississippi River
Officials said they will be holding a news conference at 3pm CST, to begin in about ten minutes, providing further updates on the collision. We will bring you those latest updates as they come.
A statement from the US coast guard also announced that the river “is closed to all vessel traffic between mile markers 93 and 96,” encompassing the area where Friday’s crash occurred. That is so to assist responders as they “assess the situation and conduct response operations”, the coast guard’s statement said.
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