Search for Sunken Tanker’s Crew Ends
From Times Wire Reports
The Coast Guard gave up the search for 18 crewmen missing after a tanker carrying industrial ethanol exploded and sank off the state’s coast. At least three other crewmen were killed.
The 570-foot Bow Mariner went down Saturday night more than 50 miles east of Chincoteague. The Coast Guard said that the explosion was accidental but that the exact cause was under investigation.
Six survivors were plucked from a life raft Saturday.
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