Rhine cruiser hits bridge
Twenty five people were injured, and four were taken to hospital, when a river cruise ship struck a bridge in Germany on Tuesday evening.
The 125-passenger Swiss Crystal was nearing the end of its round-trip cruise from Arnhem in Holland when the accident happened.
According to reports the boat hit a pillar of the bridge, near Duisburg. The pillar is usually on land, but the water level was high.
Four people were taken to hospital but later released.
The remaining 103 passengers and 26 crew were taken by another ship to Duisburg.
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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