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

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

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

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

Georgia officials are investigating after a freak ferry dock collapse on Sapelo Island killed at least seven people and ...

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

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

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

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

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