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Bulgarian cruise ship crashes into wall on Danube in Austria, injuring 11

A Bulgarian cruise ship crashed into a concrete wall in a sluice on the River Danube in the northern Austrian town of Aschach an der Donau overnight, police said. Some 160 passengers were aboard the ship travelling from Bavaria in Germany to the Austrian city of Linz, Eferding town police said. The 11 injured were taken to hospital and the ship was able to continue onwards after the accident, the police added. Another six people suffered lesser injuries.