Georgia's attorney general brought in an engineering firm to conduct an independent investigation into a fatal dock collapse ...

On Friday morning, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources announced an independent company was hired to perform an ...

The tragedy occurred late Saturday as visitors were leaving a Culture Day celebration on historic Sapelo Island.

The Gullah-Geechee residents of Sapelo Island were already facing a number of stressors: gentrification, tax hikes and an ...

Prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump claims the seven victims died of negligence and called for a federal investigation.

Crowds had gathered on Sapelo Island for a celebration of its tiny Gullah-Geechee community of Black slave descendants.

Life jackets bobbed in the water, people formed a human chain to pass survivors to safety and bodies were carried ashore in ...

The gangway collapsed Saturday as festival goers prepared to board a ferry amid Sapelo Island's annual Cultural Day, ...

Overall, 20 people were forced into the water on Saturday by the accident on Sapelo Island, the site of a festival ...

Prior to the collapse, hundreds of people had gathered at a festival to celebrate the Gullah-Geechee community on the island.

Isaiah Thomas tried grasping his niece's hand. But he also clutched her shirt, dragging her head below the water's surface.

Georgia authorities said Sunday they are investigating the “catastrophic failure” of a dock gangway that collapsed and killed ...