SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington State Ferries spokeswoman says 50 mile per hour winds and strong currents briefly pushed the state ferry Chetzemoka aground on a sandbar near Coupeville, Wash.
Spokeswoman Marta Coursey told KIRO-TV on Tuesday evening that passengers had been offloaded safely and the ferry was no longer on the sandbar west of the Coupeville dock.
She says ferry runs between Port Townsend and Coupeville have been canceled for the rest of the night.
Coursey says divers will determine whether the ferry suffered any damage in what she called a “soft grounding.” She says no damage was immediately apparent.
