Gotland Ferries Collide

Two Gotland ferries collided in thick fog on Thursday near the port of Nynashamn, 60 kilometres south-west of Stockholm. One person was seriously hurt and 11 others sustained more minor injuries. The incident involved the 29,700-gt Gotland (built 2003), which hit the side of the high-speed 6,600-gt Gotlandia II (2006), tearing a hole in its side. The combined number of passengers on board was about 1,800. Rescue services had received no reports of either ferry taking on water after the collision. The vessels carry people to the summer resort island of Gotland in the Baltic.

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