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Offenbach: Cargo ship rams a rowboat on the Main and capsizes it


On the Main near Offenbach there is an accident between a freight ship and a rowing boat. (Symbol image)

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A freight ship collides with a rowing boat on the Main near Offenbach. A young rower gets into trouble.

Offenbach – A cargo ship has on the Main in the amount of Offenbach on Rowboat capsized. The rower had with him Ship accident apparently lucky: you wore out loud police a self-inflating life jacket at the time of the accident.

Ship accident near Offenbach: woman oars overturns after collision with cargo ship

The empty one Cargo ship was traveling upstream on the Main when it approached several rowing boats above the Carl-Ullrich-Brücke on Thursday afternoon (March 18, 2021), which were sailing the river down to the valley. This happened for a previously unexplained cause Schiff according to the water police at 4:20 p.m. together with one of the rowing boats. The oar of the overturned boat partly got under the as a result of the collision Schiff. She was hospitalized with minor injuries after the accident Offenbach delivered. According to an initial estimate, property damage of around 1,500 euros was incurred on the rowing boat. The motor ship was undamaged.

The Frankfurt Water Police asked possible witnesses of the accident to contact the responsible officers on 069/9434590.

It was at the beginning of February Hainburg to a Ship accident came near a lock. The ship involved was badly damaged.

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