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Tanker ‘lost control’ and hit cruise ship in New Orleans

Verified: 54 outlets in 25 countries have reported this story since Nov 13, 11 of them from the United States. 32 injured, according to 2 outlets.

📍 New Orleans, US·🕐 5m ago·54 outlets

(CNN) — Passengers of a river cruise boat in New Orleans had to be pulled from the Mississippi

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✓ Verified · 54 outlets

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.

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Injured · 2 figures, newest first
322 outlets: akipress.com, wwno.org· latest Nov 14, 5:41 AM UTC
Tanker collides with cruise ship on Mississippi River, injuring 32 in New Orleans ↗
more than 301 outlet: newswire.lk· latest Nov 14, 4:29 AM UTC
Over 30 injured after tanker collides with docked riverboat in New Orleans ↗
Rescued · 2 figures, newest first
1802 outlets: en.protothema.gr, theadvocate.com· latest Nov 14, 6:13 AM UTC
Miracle on the Mississippi”: Cruise ship capsizes after tanker collision in New Orleans, all 180 aboard rescued ↗
more than 1001 outlet: samoaglobalnews.com· latest Nov 14, 5:55 AM UTC
More Than 100 Rescued After Tanker Collides With Cruise Ship in New Orleans ↗
The story so far · 61 reports · · 25 countries✓ Verified Nov 13, 8:37 PM UTC

11 outlets from the United States, where the story is: AOL, Bloomberg, CBS News and 8 more · 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 ↗
  5. Nov 14, 5:58 PM UTC+22 h
    Man who went into water after New Orleans cruise ship collision speaks out4029tv.com ↗
  6. Nov 14, 8:53 PM UTC+25 h
    Investigators seek why tanker 'lost control' as it hit cruise ship in New Orleanscnn.com ↗
  7. Nov 14, 8:54 PM UTC+25 h
    New Orleans port sues to get control of tanker that crashed into cruise shipglobalnews.ca (again) ↗
  8. Nov 14, 9:07 PM UTC+25 h· you’re reading this
    Tanker ‘lost control’ and hit cruise ship in New Orleanscbc.bb ↗
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[Claude] All three other reports describe the same tanker-and-river-cruise collision on the Mississippi at New Orleans, with no conflicting facts stated.

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Reliability
98%

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