Report: Body found after barge capsizes in Delaware

 

(WILMINGTON, Del.) — A body has been recovered during the search for a barge crewman who was missing after a capsizing in the Christina River, Philadelphia television station KYW reported. A barge, which was working alongside the dredge Essex, overturned on Tuesday night. Two other crewmembers resurfaced but 25-year-old Emanuel Gatling could not immediately be located. The TV station reported that authorities were in the process of identifying a body that was located Wednesday.

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By Professional Mariner Staff