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Posted: 4:46 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, 2012

Tow boat rips docks from Brooke Co. marina, pushes them down river

By NEWS9

WELLSBURG, W.Va. --

 
A towing vessel destroyed multiple docks at Mester's Landing Marina in Brooke County on Monday.

 
The towing vessel was pushing barges at the time of the crash and carried a majority of the docks down the Ohio River.

 
A deputy was flagged down by a person early Monday and reported the incident. Officials with the U.S. Coast Guard in Pittsburgh said it was not known as of Monday afternoon what caused the crash.

 
No one was injured, and neither the barges nor the towing vessel was damaged.


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