Barge Capsize

[SV_Harbinger]

A barge, carrying sand was involved in a collision with another barge before capsizing North of the New Bedford/Fairhaven Bridge. While the investigation and clean up are still underway recreational traffic is restricted in the area directly North of Pope's Island.
(Sources: visual, VHF CH. 16)
The assistance of non emergency response vessels was "neither required nor desired"