Tanker collides with cruise ship in New Orleans, 32 hospitalized
Verified: 42 outlets in 18 countries have reported this story since Nov 13, 10 of them from the United States.
A tanker ship collided with a luxury paddle wheeler docked in New Orleans on the Mississippi River on Friday, causing the cruise vessel to roll over and sink as passengers scurried to disembark and dozens were flung into the water.
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 hTanker 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 h· you’re reading thisTanker collides with cruise ship in New Orleans, 32 hospitalizednews.tuoitre.vn ↗
[Claude] All three other reports describe the same New Orleans tanker-cruise ship collision on the Mississippi River, with no conflicting facts about where or how it happened.
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