Two months after a gangway collapsed on Sapelo Island, killing seven people who had been visiting for the Gullah-Geechee festival on Oct. 19, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources announced that ...

SAPELO ISLAND, Ga. — Two new gangways were installed for the ferry service to and from Georgia's Sapelo Island this week, one ...

Two months after a deadly gangway collapse at the Sapelo Island ferry landing, replacement ramps opened Friday morning.

SAPELO ISLAND, Ga. — Two new gangways were installed ... The maximum load is 260 people or 52,000 pounds, DNR said. DNR said the old gangway was meant to withstand around 320 people.

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced that two new gangways have been installed at the Sapelo ...

SAPELO ISLAND, Ga. — Two new gangways were installed ... The maximum load is 260 people or 52,000 pounds, DNR said. DNR said the old gangway was meant to withstand around 320 people.

A new gangway is now secured to the Marsh Landing dock on Sapelo Island, two months after the previous ramp installed there collapsed, killing seven people.

Structural issues – not overload – were likely to blame for the deadly failure Saturday of a gangway on Sapelo Island, according to an expert in coastal hazards who has reviewed construction ...

The victims were among the dozens of people who traveled to Sapelo Island last weekend to celebrate the Gullah-Geechee, a community of descendants of Africans who were enslaved on coastal plantations ...