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Fulton County Boat Collision Injures Two

By Chris Taylor

Fulton County, KY – A collision between a 16-foot fiberglass boat and a Wepfer Marine tugboat occurred Saturday night. According to WPSD, two people were injured after colliding with the docked vessel. A woman was airlifted to a hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, while a man was airlifted to Memphis, Tennessee. No one on board the tugboat was hurt. Previous reports stated the collision involved the Dorena/Hickman Ferry, which crosses the Mississippi River daily between Missouri and Kentucky.