A Ride the Ducks tour boat crashed into a barge and overturned in the Delaware River at about 2:40 p.m. Wednesday.
The accident, in which 35 passengers and two crew members were stranded in the 82-degree water, happened off Penn’s Landing in Old City.
As of 3:50 p.m. there were two people still missing, according to the Coast Guard. The Army Core of Engineers are using sonar to search the bottom of the river.
Rescue crews, including Philadelphia police and fire department, were pulling passengers of the popular tour ride out of the river at 3 p.m.
At least four person were brought to Hahneman Hospital with injuries, authorities say. A triage station was set up at the Independence Seaport Museum.
The Ride the Ducks tour boat is an amphibious vehicle that can drive on city streets and then float in the river. It’s well known by locals for the quacking devices tourists are given to blow on while they ride around town.
(Source: NBC Philadelphia / YWN-MD-01 / YWN-4705)
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According to witnesses, the barge crashed into the Ride the Ducks boat. The boat had been disabled by a fire.