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December 15, 2015

Video: Towboat sinks on the Mississippi

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A pair of towboats trying to pass one another on the Lower Mississippi River near Memphis Wednesday afternoon instead collided, resulting in the sinking of the William Strait. A local CBS affiliate reports on the incident. 

 

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