At least 17 passengers suffered injuries after the Waverley paddle steamer crashed into a pier on the Isle of Arran.
Police were called to the ferry terminal in Brodick at 5.15pm after the vessel, which is the world’s last seagoing paddle steamer, hit the pier. One passenger who was on the steamer said everyone on board was told to disembark and move away to allow ambulances to get past.
He told STV News: “We were on the way back into the ferry terminal at Brodick and they didn’t seem to slow down at the last minute as they normally do and all of a sudden there was a bang and most people that were standing up got knocked over as we came to a rapid stop.”
It is believed that 213 passengers and 26 crew were on board at the time of the collision. A total of 17 have reported injuries, and a number have been taken to hospital with head and spinal injuries.
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18 сен 2024