New Orleans Riverboat Crash: 180 Rescued in Mississippi Collision

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A riverboat carrying over 130 passengers collided with a commercial tanker on the Mississippi River.

A total of 180 individuals were safely rescued and accounted for following the emergency.

United States Coast Guard and local authorities launched an immediate multi-agency rescue operation.

Commercial river traffic was temporarily suspended while investigations into the cause of the crash got underway.

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