32 hospitalized after tanker hits New Orleans riverboat

In time, a bit of good news coming out of New Orleans after a tanker hit a docked riverboat on the Mississippi River. Yes, cell phone video captures the moment the ship flipped on its side after that crash. Authorities now say everybody has been accounted for, although there were dozens of people injured. Fox 4's Alex Boye in our newsroom tonight with more on this breaking news. Alex. Hey guys, pretty incredible video there, right? You know, I can tell you that there was applause from the crowd when the mayor of New Orleans announced at a news conference earlier today that there were zero fatalities from this incident. 32 people from the cruise ship are hospitalized. We know that two of them are police officers who went on board to help evacuate passengers. Thankfully, none of those injuries are expected to be life-threatening. Now again, check out these dramatic images that we're getting from the scene. This all unfolding Thank you very much. That river cruise ship that was docked in the city of New Orleans, at least 129 passengers on board the river cruise, which is operated by American Cruise Lines. Now, the cruise ship was built in 2015 and is five stories. According to the AP, the American Heritage was finishing an eight-day cruise to several Mississippi River destinations in Louisiana and Mississippi. And video that we've seen from the scene showed the much larger Atlantic Asphalt tanker. Hit the paddle wheel cruise boat that was docked again along the banks of the Mississippi River. We saw people in the river in life jackets. Others were standing near the railings as the other side of that riverboat began to sink into the water just like that. We know that 14 people were rescued by another riverboat, a tourist liner that operates nearby. And the U.S. Coast Guard captain who spoke at the news conference had this to say about the cause of the crash. The investigation is still ongoing. There seems to be some type of a loss of steering. So it's the exact reason why we don't know that. Coast Guard investigators are on scene. We are starting to collect all that evidence and information and we will pass that information and be as transparent as we possibly can as soon as we can. Meanwhile, Captain Melanie Vernon says that the U.S. Coast Guard will be conducting interviews, of course, over the coming days. She says now that everyone is accounted for, the focus will shift to reopening the river, and that will likely begin with one-way traffic. Salvage assistance teams will determine the best way to remove that crippled cruise ship from the area. I can tell you we learned a short time ago that the NTSB is sending a team to New Orleans to investigate the collision that team expected to arrive tomorrow morning. And with no loss of life, the governor of Louisiana thanked God for, quote, smiling on the city of New Orleans as well as the state.