Breaking News: Rescues underway after tanker collides with cruise ship on Mississippi River; 12 in the water
BREAKING: A tanker has collided with a cruise ship carrying over 100 people on the Mississippi River near New Orleans, with 12 people in the water and rescues underway.
A tanker has collided with a cruise ship on the Mississippi River near New Orleans, and twelve people are in the water right now.
The cruise ship was carrying more than one hundred people when the collision happened, according to WDSU. Rescue operations are underway on the river as we speak. This stretch of the Mississippi near New Orleans is one of the busiest shipping corridors in the United States, with deep-draft tankers and passenger vessels sharing narrow water.
What we do not yet know is the condition of those twelve people, the extent of damage to either vessel, or what caused two large ships to collide on a well-trafficked river. The Coast Guard typically leads rescues of this kind, and an investigation into the cause will follow.
For now, the hardest fact is this. Twelve people are in the Mississippi River tonight, and crews are working to pull them out.
This is Liu Yang, reporting for HIT.
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