September 3, 2015
PADUCAH, Ky. – The Coast Guard is responding to a towboat collision on the Mississippi River near Paducah, Ky.,Wednesday.
The collision caused damage to a barge containing clarified slurry oil, reportedly discharging an unknown amount.
The barge reportedly has a maximum potential of 1.05 million gallons of clarified slurry oil. The Coast Guard is working with the barge owner and SWS, an oil spill response organization, to determine the amount of slurry oil that has been discharged.
Coast Guard Sector Ohio Valley watchstanders received a call about a collision between two towboats at mile marker 937 at 8:22 p.m. local time.
The incident is under investigation.