Email: | Twitter: @WWLTV  LAPLACE, La. -- A tug boat sunk
Thursday night in the Mississippi River, according to the Coast
Guard.  The tug boat, called St.Paul, was at mile marker 135,
about 200 feet from the West Bank when it sunk near the the
Edgard ReserveFerry Landing.  The tug boat was carrying 4,000
gallons of fuel and 100 gallons of lube oil.  'A salvage company
from the actual company of the vessel has been, you know,
ordered and they're out on scene,'said Alex Washington, a petty
officer in the Coast Guard. 'We also do have a pollution
response team from the Coast Guard that's out there on scene
right now assessing the situation, as far as deploying boom and
seeing if there's any visible sheen, or anything like that.'
Washington said there have been no reports of a visible sheen.
The cause of the incident is unknown.  The Cooper T. Smith
Company owns the tug boat.  No injuries were reported, and river
traffic wasn't impacted.  Read or Share this story: