Friday marked the 45th anniversary of one of the Tampa Bay area's worst tragedies, when a freighter hit the Sunshine Skyway ...

At 7:33 a.m. on May 9, 1980, the 606-foot Summit Venture crashed into the western span of the bridge during a storm.

Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg watchstanders received a 911 transfer of the man's situation around 7:34 a.m. Saturday.

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - May 9, 1980 is a day that will always be remembered with great sadness along the Suncoast. Especially ...

On May 9, 1980, a freighter struck a support column of the old bridge during the morning rush hour. Six cars, a truck and a Greyhound bus plunged into the water.

“I said a soft prayer for everybody I handled; I apologized for the rough treatment that I was going to give them, that I ...

A Florida boater was rescued by the Coast Guard Station St. Petersburg boat crew after their 15-foot vessel capsized on ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Boater rescued by the U. S. Coast Guard near the Sunshine Skyway Bridged early Saturday morning. A boater was rescued by the USCG St. Petersburg Station boat crew this morning, ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla — The Sunshine Skyway Bridge looms large over Tampa ... protected in the world after the 1980 collapse The old bridge was demolished, but construction crews kept both ...

The new "Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge" was rebuilt seven years later and features new safety bumpers called "dolphin" ...