Tanker collides with cruise ship on Mississippi River
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A rescue operation is underway after a tanker collided with a docked river cruise ship in the southern US state of Louisiana on Friday. The collision occurred on the Mississippi…
A rescue operation is underway after a tanker collided with a docked river cruise ship in the southern US state of Louisiana on Friday. The collision occurred on the Mississippi River in New Orleans at around 12:30 p.m., local time.
Footage from the scene shows the riverboat listing heavily before rolling onto its side.
Many people were thrown into the water, and rescuers can be seen pulling those clinging to life rings out of the river.
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