BREAKING NEWS: Duck Boat Crash in Philadelphia

A duck boat packed with tourists crashed into a barge on the Delaware River this afternoon soon after it entered the water at Penns Landing, police said.

The collision, at about 2:40 p.m., sent a number of people into the river off Columbus Boulevard. About 40 people were on board the duck boat.

Rescue boats pulled individuals wearing life vests from the water.

Tourists board the boats at Independence Mall and after touring Old City they enter the river for a brief tour at a ramp just south of the Ben Franklin Bridge.

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