All passengers and crew accounted for after New Orleans boat crash in ‘miracle on the Mississippi’

A tanker collided with a river cruise ship in the Mississippi River near New Orleans, but no passengers or crew were killed or critically injured. The incident involved the Atlantic Asphalt tanker striking the American Cruise Lines vessel American Heritage while it was docked. Thirty‑two people were taken to local hospitals, though their injuries were not considered serious. City officials, including the mayor, have described the event as a “miracle on the Mississippi.”

No passengers or crew were killed or critically hurt after a tanker collided with a river cruise ship in the Mississippi River, officials sayNew Orleans river collision – latest updatesIn 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. Continue reading...