07/04/2009

Associated Press

Two men have been rescued from a cabin cruiser after it hit a navigation barrier called a wing dam in the Mississippi River.

Forty-seven-year-old Gregory Simpson of Creve Coeur was operating the boat in St. Charles County when the accident happened early Friday. His passenger was 31-year-old Michael Bowman of Ballwin.

Both were treated at St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles and released.

The Missouri State Water Patrol said the 27-foot Sea Ray was totaled.