Pelican Island Causeway: Barge hits bridge in Texas, causing partial collapse and oil spill

At around 10 am on Wednesday, a barge collided with a pillar of the Pelican Island bridge in Galveston, Texas. This collision resulted in an oil spill into the waters adjacent to busy shipping channels and necessitated the closure of the sole road connecting to the neighboring small island. This led to the closure of a section of the waterway for cleanup efforts.