Towboat hits sunken replica of warship in Mississippi River

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

DONALDSONVILLE, La. -- A towboat ran into the sunken wreckage of a replica 17th-century warship in the Mississippi River, forcing the Coast Guard to shut down a 10-mile stretch of the river.

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