Dozens of passengers rushed to hospital after tanker lost control and collided with cruise ship: mayor

First reported by Yahoo News at Fri 3:26 PM · 2 outlets in all

1. NY Post20mDozens of passengers rushed to hospital after tanker lost control and collided with cruise ship: mayorThe Atlantic Asphalt tanker slammed into the docked American Cruise Lines’ American Heritage, which was carrying about 129 passengers as well as crew on the Mississippi River at around 12:30 p.m., Port NOLA told The Post.
2. Yahoo News24mAll passengers accounted for after tanker hits cruise ship, New Orleans mayor saysThe mayor of New Orleans said on Friday evening that all of the more than 100 passengers aboard a cruise ship docked at the Port of New Orleans on the Mississippi River had been accounted for after a large asphalt tanker crashed into it, causing it to sink. Mayor Helena Moreno said at a news conference that the collision between the American Heritage cruise ship — a riverboat-style ship — and a tanker called the Atlantic Asphalt occurred around 12:30 p.m. after the tanker “lost control.” She said that passengers immediately began disembarking, but as they did so, the cruise ship capsized.…