Tanker hits New Orleans riverboat, sending 30-plus to hospitals
What's new: Officials said nearly 130 people were aboard, multiple people were pulled from the Mississippi and all passengers were accounted for.
A tanker struck the American Heritage river cruise boat in New Orleans on Friday, leaving the paddle boat partly submerged in the Mississippi River and sending more than 30 people to local hospitals. Eyewitness video showed the larger vessel plowing into the side of the cruise boat, which later tilted onto its side in the water. Officials said nearly 130 people were on board at the time of the collision, and rescuers pulled multiple people from the river. Mayor LaToya Cantrell said all passengers were accounted for. The American Heritage was finishing an eight-day cruise that had stopped at several destinations along the Mississippi.