Seven dead after ferry dock gangway on Georgia island collapses

At least seven people are dead and eight people are injured after the gangway of a ferry dock on Sapelo Island in Georgia collapsed, causing about 40 people to plunge into the water.

Georgia Department of Natural Resources spokesman Tyler Jones indicated “there was no collision” with a boat or anything else in the water, but that the gangway “just collapsed.” Crews from the U.S. Coast Guard, the McIntosh County Fire Department, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and others were searching the water.