Shanghai ship collision injures 23 tourists
By IANS
Shanghai - At least 23 tourists, including 11 foreigners, were injured after their ship collided with a cargo ship here, hospital sources said.
The accident occurred around 6.40 p.m. Saturday at a section of the Huangpu River near downtown Shanghai, when the Shikumen passenger ship with 216 tourists aboard crashed with a cargo vessel sailing in the opposite direction.
Twenty-three injured tourists, including eight from Japan and three from Spain, were rushed to a hospital here.
The passenger ship managed to anchor at a nearby pier while police seized the cargo vessel police.
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