A ferry connecting an island off the coast of Georgia resumed operations Monday while the investigation to see what might have caused a deadly dock collapse that killed seven people continues.

Dock collapse on Sapelo Island About 700 visitors were in attendance at Sapelo Island, about 60 miles south of Savannah, before the collapse which tragically killed seven people and left three in critical condition.

Seven people died when a ferry gangway collapsed during a Gullah Geechee cultural event on Sapelo Island, Georgia.