Three other people were critically injured, officials said. The "catastrophic failure" of an aluminum ferry gangway caused the deaths Saturday of seven people who were attending an annual cultural ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Georgia authorities said Sunday they are investigating the “catastrophic failure” of a dock gangway that collapsed and killed seven on Sapelo Island, where crowds had ...

In the midst of a celebration of the island’s small Gullah-Geechee community of Black slave descendants, a gangway collapsed on the visitor ferry dock shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday and plunged ...

Seven people are dead and half a dozen others were critically injured after a gangway that's part of a ferry dock collapsed on Georgia’s Sapelo Island on Saturday. Georgia Department of Natural ...

At least seven people were killed in a freak accident Saturday, after the gangway of a ferry dock in Georgia collapsed, according to local authorities. A portion of the Marsh Landing Dock on ...

Seven people died after a ferry gangway collapsed Saturday in Georgia, according to state officials. Authorities were working Sunday to determine the cause. The gangway at the island’s Marsh ...

"The Gullah-Geechee community is such a rich community of resilient tradition, and there they were celebrating, and as folks were leaving a gangway to the dock collapsed," Warnock said.

SAPELO ISLAND, Ga. — In the wake of the gangway collapse in Sapelo Island that killed seven people, including four from Jacksonville, officials are updating safety signage around the area ...

The seven victims who died in the Saturday gangway collapse at Sapelo Island have been identified, including two people from Atlanta. The deaths happened during the annual Sapelo Cultural Day ...

MCINTOSH COUNTY, Ga. (WSAV) – On Saturday, October 19, at approximately 4:30 p.m., the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (Georgia DNR), and multiple local, state, and federal agencies, responded ...

A gangway at the dock collapsed, sending people plunging into the water, Jones said. A team of engineers and construction specialists planned to be on site early Sunday to begin investigating why ...