Over 30 injured, no one missing after tanker collides with riverboat in New Orleans: Officials
The collision left the riverboat partially submerged and sent 32 people to hospitals, while all passengers and crew were accounted for, officials said.
- On Friday, the 520-foot tanker Atlantic Asphalt collided with the docked 295-foot riverboat American Heritage in New Orleans at 12:30 p.m., partially submerging the vessel and sending passengers into the Mississippi River.
- Local officials and river pilots suggest the Marshall Islands-flagged tanker experienced a steering failure before striking the paddlewheel riverboat, though Port of New Orleans authorities maintain the exact cause remains under investigation.
- New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno called the rescue a "miracle on the Mississippi," noting that all 129 passengers and crew were accounted for, though 32 people were transported to local hospitals with noncritical injuries.
- Following the collision, the U.S. Coast Guard closed the Mississippi River to all vessel traffic between mile markers 93 and 96 to facilitate rescue operations and damage assessment.
- Echoing the 1996 Bright Field crash, the National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation to determine the collision's circumstances as crews work to reopen the critical waterway.
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