The towering cruise ship MSC Opera struck a dock and a tourist river boat on a busy canal in Venice. Photo: APThe daughter of a woman injured when a cruise ship crashed into their tourist boat in Venice hopes the company can help get her mum home. Her shoulder was broken when the out-of-control cruise ship MSC Opera slammed into the much smaller River Countess boat the couple were on. "Financially it would be good if the cruise ship could help them out. The MSC Opera, a 13-deck-high vessel holding more than 2600 people, had reported engine trouble as it came into port.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 04, 2019 22:30 UTC