Tourist Bus Sinks With 30 People On Board Page last updated 18:31PM Saturday June 15, 2013 Twenty two people are taken to hospital after an amphibious tourist bus sinks in Liverpool in the second incident in weeks. Authorities were called to the dock at 3.54pm today following reports that the Yellow Duckmarine tour bus had sunk. Police and ambulance arrived at the scene to help with the rescue operation, as a large crowd of people gathered nearby. North West Ambulance Service said that everyone on board the vessel was accounted for and 31 people were taken from the scene to a place of safety. It added that 22 people were taken to hospital, but their condition was not thought to be serious. The Liverpool Echo reported that another Yellow Duckmarine tour bus sank in the city dock in March this year. Nobody was injured in that incident. Steve Graves, a reporter with the newspaper, told Sky News: "A number of the ambulances have gone to the Royal Hospital A&E department with people inside them.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:50:34 +0000
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