Towing Vessel Pilot Likely Impaired by Fatigue or Drug Use During Bridge Strike, NTSB Says
The National Transportation Safety Board says a towing vessel’s pilot was likely impaired by fatigue or drug use when his tow struck and damaged a bridge on the Intracoastal Waterway in Louisiana in 2021. The towing vessel Miss Mollye D was pushi…
The National Transportation Safety Board says a towing vessel’s pilot was likely impaired by fatigue or drug use when his tow struck and damaged a bridge on the Intracoastal Waterway in Louisiana in 2021. The towing vessel Miss Mollye D was pushing six hopper barges on the Intracoastal Waterway to New Orleans in the early morning hours of December 23, 2021?, when the pilot lost control of the tow. While navigating the channel, the 676-foot-long tow began to swing to port. When the pilot realized the tow was not positioned well, he put the engines in reverse, but the tow...