A passenger ship carrying about 190 passengers, which docked at the Mississippi River port of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, on Friday, November 22, sank after an oil tanker collided with it. According to the mayor of New Orleans, 32 passengers were taken to local hospitals with non-serious injuries.
The American Red Cross told CNN that the organization's volunteers are on the scene providing water, blankets and psychological support to the victims.
Meanwhile, the National Transportation Safety Board in the US announced that due to the delays caused by the nationwide shutdown of flights in the US, it has given up sending a board member to the place where the vessels collided in New Orleans and is sending a group of investigators to the accident site from the land route.