NEW ORLEANS — More than 30 people were hospitalized Friday after a tanker lost control and struck a docked river cruise boat on the Mississippi River in New Orleans, the Associated Press reported, citing the city’s mayor.
Rescue operations were underway at the scene, according to the AP. The names of the tanker and the riverboat were not released in the initial reports, and no cause for the collision has been determined.
The National Transportation Safety Board said it is launching a Go Team to investigate the collision. The team expects to arrive Saturday morning, and Board Member John DeLeeuw will be the agency’s spokesperson on scene, the NTSB said.
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LIVE UPDATE — 5:39 p.m. ET, Nov. 13, 2026: The National Transportation Safety Board posted: “NTSB is launching a Go Team to investigate the collision of a tank vessel and a riverboat-style passenger vessel in New Orleans. The team expects to arrive tomorrow morning. Time and location of media briefings will be posted to this account once confirmed. Board Member John DeLeeuw will be spokesperson on scene.”
