No passengers or crew killed or critically hurt after tanker collides with river cruise ship on Mississippi, officials say
In what the city’s mayor declared a “miracle on the Mississippi”, all passengers were accounted for – with none killed or critically hurt – after a tanker collided with a river cruise ship docked on the Mississippi River in New Orleans on Friday afternoon.
Thirty-two people were taken to local hospitals after the Atlantic Asphalt tanker struck American Cruise Lines’s American Heritage at about 12.30pm – but none of their injuries were considered critical, New Orleans’s mayor, Helena Moreno, said at a news conference.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/13/mississippi-river-crash-new-orleans
Author : Ramon Antonio Vargas and Lucy Campbell in New Orleans
Publish date : 2026-11-14 03:11:00
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