Port Washington's Town Dock secures $6.3 million from FEMA, boosting total federal funds to $17.6 million for essential ...

Relatives of seven people who drowned last fall when a walkway collapsed at a state-operated ferry dock on a Georgia island are suing the companies that built it. The lawsuit announced Wednesday ...

The ferry dock gangway that collapsed on Georgia’s Sapelo Island last year, killing seven people, was “poorly constructed and destined to fail,” the victims’ families said in a new lawsuit.

Garbage cans, yellow caution tape and a warning sign posted by the Town of Hilton Head Island warn users on March 20, 2025, of an aluminum gangway that separated from the land to Dock B at Shelter ...

Still photo of the Sapelo Island Ferry dock taken prior to the ferry dock gangway collapse on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, as the last ferry was leaving the island (Photo: John Taylor).

First responders say as many as 40 people were on the dock gangway when it collapsed, sending at least 20 people tumbling into the water. The seven victims who died were identified as: ...

Georgia islanders rushed to rescue survivors after dock walkway collapse that killed 7 ‘Catastrophic failure:’ 7 dead, 3 in critical condition after dock gangway collapses on GA’s coast ...

Emotional accounts from relatives of the victims and survivors of the partial collapse of a boat dock gangway on Georgia’s Sapelo Island and a newly released video of the frantic rescue efforts ...

Still photo of the Sapelo Island Ferry dock taken prior to the ferry dock gangway collapse on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, as the last ferry was leaving the island (Photo: John Taylor).