A ranar Sabtu, wani hadari mai tsananin ya faru a Sapelo Island, Georgia, inda aka ruwaito kashe marasa bakwai bayan rugujewar gangway a dokin jirgin ruwa. Daga cikin wadanda suka ruga, akalla mutane 20 sun yi shiga ruwa, a cewar Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
Hadarin ya faru a Marsh Landing Dock, wuri da aka gudanar da wani taro mai suna karramawa al’ummar Gullah-Geechee, wadanda su ne zuriyar bayi baƙi. An samu kiran 911 na farko game da rugujewar gangway a kusan 3:50 pm, wanda ya kai ga aika da tawagar gaggawa daga jami’an gida na Georgia, Georgia State Patrol, da U.S. Coast Guard.
An bayyana cewa, akalla mutane shida sun ji rauni mai tsanani, sannan aka kai wasu biyu zuwa asibitoci daban-daban da helikopta. Tawagar injiniyoyi da gine-gine sun tashi zuwa wurin hadarin don bincike.
Gwamnan jihar Georgia, Brian Kemp, ya bayyana cewa ya damu da hadarin. “A matsayin masu amsa wa’adi na jihar da na gida suna ci gaba da aiki a wurin hadarin, mun roki dukkan Georgians su hada kai su yi addu’a ga wadanda suka rasu, ga wadanda har yanzu suna cikin hatsari, da kuma iyalansu,” ya ce.
