10 dead as NY ferry hits dock

New York: A ferry packed with commuters slammed into a pier on Wednesday in New York, killing at least 10 people and causing injuries as the side of the vessel was peeled open by pilings lining the dock. This is a terrible tragedy people on their way home all of a sudden taken from us,” New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said from the scene of the accident on the Staten Island shoreline. —AFP

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