Aerial video showed portions of a rail line that runs parallel to the bridge on top of the barge. ... The Galveston County Sheriff's Office told KTRK that a large piece of the bridge fell.

The barge, which is owned by Martin Petroleum, has a 30,000-gallon capacity, but it’s not clear how much leaked into the bay, said Galveston County spokesperson Spencer Lewis.

A bridge that leads to Pelican Island, located just north of Galveston, Texas, was hit by a barge around 9:30 a.m., said Ronnie Varela, with Galveston’s Office of Emergency Management.

Jake Andrews took the following aerial photos and shared them with KHOU 11 News. He says his band "Sol Flair" was playing in Galveston when they noticed how blue the water looked on Memorial Day.

Aerial images showed that a section of a rail line alongside the bridge appeared to have collapsed, ... a spokesperson for the Galveston County Office of Emergency Management.

Since Hurricane Ike in September, the Galveston County Mosquito Control District had been without a plane able to conduct aerial spraying for mosquitoes. The storm destroyed the district’s main ...

GALVESTON, Texas – A barge slammed into a bridge pillar in Galveston, Texas, on Wednesday, spilling oil into surrounding waters and closing the only road to a smaller and separate island that is ...

GALVESTON, Texas -- Love it or hate it, brown water is the normal sight on Galveston Beach. But not this past Memorial Day weekend. Images and video of blue, clear water have gone viral, and many ...