Sapelo Island (USA): A major accident has occurred in America due to the collapse of part of a ferry pier. At least 7 people are reported to have died in this. It is being told that this accident happened in Sapelo Island in the US state of Georgia, where at least seven people died on Saturday due to the collapse of a part of the ferry pier (dock). This information was given by a spokesperson of the government agency that operates it.
Tyler Jones, a spokesman for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, said that many people have been taken to the hospital. Jones said that the US Coast Guard, McIntosh County Fire Department, Georgia Department of Natural Resources and other department personnel are searching for others in the water. Jones said that a ‘gangway’ collapsed on the pier and people fell into the water.
The accident happened when a crowd of people from the small Gullah-Geechee community associated with black slave descendants gathered on the island to celebrate. Sapelo Island is about 100 kilometers south of Savannah and can be reached by boat from the mainland.