3 ships collide in Newark Bay

CNN is reporting that two dredging ships and a tanker collided this afternoon in Newark Bay.

A Coast Guard spokesman said that workers had stabilized one of the dredges, the New York, which had been taking on water.  Booms were being deployed to contain a small oil spill.

The Coast Guard has responded to the incident with two boats and a helicopter.

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