NEW ORLEANS - A tanker struck a riverboat docked on the Mississippi River at the Port of New Orleans, according to a news release from the port reported by The Hill. The release said the American Cruise Lines riverboat American Heritage was docked at the port when it was struck by the Atlantic Asphalt tanker. The Hill's report, written by Raven Poole and Michael Bartiromo, is available at The Hill's report on the tanker collision.
CBS News reported that a rescue effort was underway after a tanker slammed into a river cruise ship that was docked on the Mississippi River in New Orleans on Friday. CBS News correspondents Kris Van Cleave and Skyler Henry reported on the incident in a video segment, available at CBS News video on the rescue effort.
The two accounts differ in how they describe the vessel. The Hill's summary identifies it as the American Heritage riverboat from American Cruise Lines, while CBS News describes a river cruise ship without naming it. Both accounts describe the vessel as docked at the time of the collision. Neither summary names any person involved in the collision, and CBS News's summary refers only to the Friday timing.
The available summaries do not say whether anyone was injured, what caused the collision, or how much damage either vessel sustained. Neither summary provides information on the status of the vessels after the collision. CBS News's summary says a rescue was underway, but the Hill summary does not mention a rescue, so the summaries offer no account of its outcome.
Sources: The Hill: Tanker collides with riverboat on Mississippi River at Port of New Orleans; CBS News: What we know after tanker slams into river cruise ship in New Orleans.