The accident just a few miles off Huntington Beach in Orange County, California, fouled beaches and wetlands and led to temporary closures for cleanup work.
Investigators believe a 1,200-foot (366-meter) cargo ship dragging anchor in rough seas caught an underwater oil pipeline and pulled it across the seafloor, months before a leak from the line fouled the Southern California coastline with crude.
The accident just a few miles off Huntington Beach in Orange County, California, fouled beaches and wetlands and led to temporary closures for cleanup work.
The accident just a few miles off Huntington Beach in Orange County, California, fouled beaches and wetlands and led to temporary closures for cleanup work.