All passengers accounted for after tanker collides with cruise ship in New Orleans, mayor says
A Yahoo News article reports that the Atlantic Asphalt tanker struck the docked American Heritage paddlewheel riverboat on the Mississippi River in New Orleans on 13 November 2026, capsizing it with nearly 130 passengers aboard. Mayor Helena Moreno says everyone was accounted for and 32 passengers went to hospitals with noncritical injuries, while the Coast Guard investigates an apparent loss of steering.