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Rescues underway after tanker hits cruise ship in New Orleans

Verified: 17 outlets in 10 countries have reported this story since Nov 13, 3 of them from the United States.

📍 New Orleans, US·🕐 35m ago·17 outlets

A large tanker collided with a cruise ship carrying more than 100 passengers while it was docked on the Mississippi River in New Orleans on Friday afternoon, according to multiple media reports. Bystander footage from the scene shows the white, riverboat-style cruise ship slowly tipping onto its side following the collision as passengers wait on the deck. Reports suggest that a dozen or more people were rescued from the water. Details on injuries or their severity were not immediately available. This is a breaking news story. Refresh this page for updates. This article originally appeared on…

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✓ Verified · 17 outlets

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Yahoo News· Aggregator ↗ABC (Australia)· National ↗Sydney Morning Herald· National ↗South China Morning Post· National ↗The Hindu· National ↗The Straits Times· National ↗Euronews· International ↗The Guardian· National ↗Global News· National ↗CBS News· National ↗
The story so far · 15 reports · · 10 countries✓ Verified Nov 13, 8:37 PM UTC

3 outlets from the United States, where the story is: CBS News, The Maritime Executive, Yahoo News · how we count

  1. Nov 13, 8:12 PM UTCFirst report
    Tanker collides with cruise ship on Mississippi River in New Orleanstheguardian.com ↗
  2. Nov 13, 8:19 PM UTC+7 min
    Tanker collides with river cruise ship carrying more than 130 people in New Orleans – latest updatestheguardian.com (again) ↗
  3. Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 13, 8:37 PM UTC · +24 min
  4. Nov 13, 8:49 PM UTC+36 min
    129 people aboard cruise ship struck by tanker in New Orleans, officials sayglobalnews.ca ↗
  6. Nov 13, 9:17 PM UTC+1 h· you’re reading this
    Rescues underway after tanker hits cruise ship in New Orleansyahoo.com ↗
  7. Nov 13, 9:17 PM UTC+1 h
    New Orleans crash updates: Passengers pulled from water after tanker slams into riverboat with more than 100 onboardindependent.co.uk ↗
  8. Nov 13, 9:28 PM UTC+1 h
    River cruise ship, tanker crash in New Orleans on Mississippi River; rescues are underwaycbsnews.com ↗
  9. Nov 13, 9:43 PM UTC+2 h
    Freighter collides with cruise ship in New Orleans, passengers in the waterstraitstimes.com (again) ↗
  10. Nov 13, 9:49 PM UTC+2 h
    Tanker Hits Riverboat on New Orleans Waterfront, Injuring Passengersmaritime-executive.com ↗
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98%

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