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Barge collides with duck boat on Delaware River

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PHILADELPHIA – Authorities in Philadelphia say a duck boat has overturned after it collided with a barge in the Delaware River and people are being rescued from the water.

Coast Guard Senior Chief Bud Holden says 37 people were on the duck boat, which was struck by a barge on Wednesday afternoon.

Holden says two Coast Guard boats are rescuing people from the water, and police and fire crews are assisting.

Television footage shows at least five people being pulled from the water wearing life vests in an area of the river near Philadelphia’s Old City neighborhood.

Helicopter footage shows a people in life vests being helped from boats on to a dock and at least one person on a gurney.