ST. LOUIS -- A man is missing after a tugboat sank in the Mississippi River in St. Louis.
According to the St. Louis Fire Department, a tugboat collided with a barge about 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson says the tugboat was pulled underneath nearby barges.
Two crew members on the tugboat were rescued by another tugboat. They were not injured.
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