Tanker crashes into cruise boat in New Orleans, 32 hospitalised
Verified: 42 outlets in 18 countries have reported this story since Nov 13, 10 of them from the United States.
Rescues are underway in New Orleans after a tanker hits a river cruise boat on the Mississippi River
How sure are we
Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
Who reported it
From the headlines of its reports in its last 2 days, each with the outlets that report it.
- Injured · 2 figures, newest first
- more than 301 outlet: newswire.lk· latest Nov 14, 4:29 AM UTCOver 30 injured after tanker collides with docked riverboat in New Orleans ↗
- 321 outlet: wwno.org· latest Nov 13, 11:44 PM UTCTanker strikes paddlewheel cruise ship in New Orleans; 32 injured, no passengers missing ↗
- Rescued
- 1801 outlet: theadvocate.com· latest Nov 14, 4:05 AM UTC180 aboard cruise ship rescued safely after Mississippi River tanker crash in New Orleans ↗
10 outlets from the United States, where the story is: AOL, Bloomberg, CBS News and 7 more · how we count
- Nov 13, 8:12 PM UTCFirst reportTanker collides with cruise ship on Mississippi River in New Orleanstheguardian.com ↗
- Nov 13, 8:19 PM UTC+7 minTanker collides with river cruise ship carrying more than 130 people in New Orleans – latest updatestheguardian.com (again) ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 13, 8:37 PM UTC · +24 min
- Nov 13, 8:49 PM UTC+36 min129 people aboard cruise ship struck by tanker in New Orleans, officials sayglobalnews.ca ↗
- Nov 14, 3:54 AM UTC+8 h· you’re reading thisTanker crashes into cruise boat in New Orleans, 32 hospitalisedgulfnews.com ↗
- Nov 14, 4:05 AM UTC+8 h180 aboard cruise ship rescued safely after Mississippi River tanker crash in New Orleanstheadvocate.com ↗
- Nov 14, 4:29 AM UTC+8 hOver 30 injured after tanker collides with docked riverboat in New Orleansnewswire.lk ↗
- Nov 14, 4:57 AM UTC+9 hTanker collides with cruise ship in New Orleans, 32 hospitalizednews.tuoitre.vn ↗
[Claude] The outlets differ: Report 4 says the cruise boat was docked, while Reports 1 to 3 describe a tanker hitting a boat on the moving river and rescues underway, so it conflicts on the circumstances.
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