Seven people have been killed after part of a ferry port collapsed on Georgia’s Sapelo Island.
Several others were taken to hospital, a spokesman for the government agency that runs it said.
Crews from the U.S. Coast Guard, McIntosh County Fire Department, Georgia Department of Natural Resources and others are searching the water for other survivors, said Tyler Jones, a spokesman for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
Seven people died after part of a ferry port collapsed on Georgia’s Sapelo Island (photo before the collapse)
Jones said a gangplank at the wharf collapsed, throwing people into the water.
It happened as crowds gathered on the island for a celebration of the small Gullah-Geechee community.
Sapleo Island is located about 60 miles south of Savannah and can be reached by boat from the mainland.