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Pleasure boat hit by tank barge
On Aug 3, 2015, at 10.50 p.m. the "Bora", 1245 ts (EU-No.: 02314380), while enroute from Höchst to Obernburg was in collision with a pleasure boat with five persons on board which was sailing downstream on the Main from Frankfurt to Frankfurt-Griesheim. About 150 meters underneath the railway bridge Niederrad the pleasure boat was hit by the tanker and pushed onto the left side river shore. It suffered severe damage. One person aboad suffered a head injury. The tanker suffered only scratches. It was thought that alcohol consumption aboard the pleasure boat caused the accident.
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