Blast kills 1, injures others at VT Halter Marine

MOSS POINT, Miss. (AP) - Officials say at least one person was
killed Friday in an explosion at the VT Halter Marine shipyard in
the Mississippi coastal city of Moss Point.
    The Sun Herald reports that Bennie French with Acadian Ambulance
Service confirmed one person died and three injured people were
taken by ambulance to Singing River Hospital in Pascagoula.
    French says another person with critical injuries was taken by
helicopter to the University of South Alabama Medical Center in
Mobile.
    WLOX-TV reports the explosion occurred about 4 p.m. Friday and
the cause was not immediately known.
    VT Halter Marine’s corporate office is in Pascagoula, and its
shipbuilding operation is in nearby Moss Point.