River boat capsizes in New Orleans after tanker collision

Developing tonight, we're seeing some footage of the moment a riverboat in New Orleans began to capsize with nearly 130 people on board. Well, take a look as a bystander captures a five-story ship just overturning. Authorities say the boat went sideways after being struck by a tanker. Tonight, officials are crediting first responders for getting everyone to safety with mostly minor injuries. Fox News reporter Caroline Elliott has those details. We have a riverboat. Taking on water steadily. A chaotic scene out of New Orleans Friday after a tanker lost control and collided with a river cruise ship that was carrying nearly 130 passengers on board. At this moment, the information that we have... We have zero people unaccounted for. Officials say the river cruise was docked at the time of the crash when it was T-boned by the massive ship. Passengers quickly began evacuating before it started to take on water. The boat has just tipped over. We have patrons in the water, local police, tugboat operators and the Coast Guard all stepped in to get people to safety, though about 30 people were taken to area hospitals as a precaution. None had major injuries and no one was killed. This is a miracle. It is a literal miracle on the Mississippi. You know, the Mississippi River is not some quiet pond, right? I mean, There were challenges out there. The cruise ship run by American Cruise Lines is five stories tall and was finishing an eight-day cruise along the Mississippi River. The tanker was sailing under a flag for the Marshall Islands and had New Orleans as its final destination. The NTSB is sending a team to New Orleans to investigate. In New York, Caroline Elliott, Fox News.