Regina Brinson was on the gangway, about to board the ferry after a festival celebrating Gullah Geechee culture on Georgia’s Sapelo Island, when she noticed that a “very dear friend” from ...

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A fatal gangway collapse stresses an island celebrating Gullah Geechee culture. At least seven people died after the gangway collapsed at Georgia’s Sapelo Island on Saturday, state authorities said.

The aluminum gangway should have been able to handle the 40 or so people on it before “a catastrophic failure,” said Walter Rabon, commissioner of the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

The 84-year-old left the Mary Singleton Senior Center in Jacksonville with the Wilder Park Senior Traveling Club that morning, ready to enjoy a day learning about the Gullah Geechee culture on ...

Jones said the collapse occurred at about 4:30 p.m. as people gathered at the Marsh Landing Dock for a celebration of the island's small Gullah-Geechee community of Black slave descendants.

Authorities are investigating the cause of a partial ferry dock collapse on Georgia’s Sapelo Island that turned a day of celebration into tragedy, leaving at least seven dead and six critically ...

The island's small Gullah-Geechee community of Black slave descendants were participating in its annual Cultural Day festivities when the gangway gave out, sending about 20 people into the water ...

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In the midst of a celebration of the island’s small Gullah-Geechee community of Black slave descendants, a gangway collapsed on the visitor ferry dock shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday and plunged ...