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Customs inspector, 2 crew members die in ship's cargo hold

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A U.S. customs inspector and two crew members of a Panamanian vessel died Tuesday in Louisiana after they entered the vessel's cargo hold at the port of Gramercy on the Mississippi River.

"We haven't determined whether it was a lack of oxygen, or fumes, or some other cause," U.S. Customs Service spokesman Dean Boyd told CNN.

A second customs inspector was hospitalized.

Boyd said the customs inspector, the captain of the Sakura I and a crew member entered the hold after the ship arrived at about 3 a.m. CST Tuesday from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

The ship was carrying scrap metal.



 
 
 
 



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