Criminal Probe Opens in Calif. Oil Spill

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"SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal investigators began a criminal investigation into San Francisco Bay's worst oil spill in nearly two decades by questioning crew members of a container ship that struck the Bay Bridge, ripping a gash in its fuel tank.

Crew members of the Cosco Busan will be allowed to leave after federal investigators complete interviews that started Sunday, said Capt. William Uberti, the U.S. Coast Guard commander for the bay region.

Uberti said he notified the U.S. attorney's office Saturday about problems involving management and communication between the officers on the ship's bridge at the time of the crash. He declined to elaborate, except to say: "It was just the way that everybody interacted" on the bridge."

The Associated Press: Criminal Probe Opens in Calif. Oil Spill