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Rachel Hagan

Rotterdam: 6 people including child pulled from water after boat SINKS in river crash

Two boats have collided in Rotterdam, pushing one vessel underwater with six passengers, including a child, on board.

Webcam footage from the scene on the Nieuwe Maas River shows a water taxi passing in a diagonal line under the Erasmus bridge, ending up right in front of the bow of a large tour boat sailing straight ahead.

The smaller boat gets rammed and appears to vanish underwater, it then appears again upside down in the water.

Six people, including one child and the captain, were reportedly rescued from the water and at least one person was taken to the nearest hospital by ambulance, NU.nl reports.

Huge rescue operation after boat sinks following crash with bigger vessel (Het leven is Mooi /Youtube)

"I saw a man being lifted on a stretcher," one onlooker told RTL Nieuws.

He continued: "Divers have entered the water. There is a lot of police on their feet, and many people are watching on the Erasmus Bridge."

Horrifying images of the aftermath shows a sea of lifejackets in the river as authorities rushed to save the passengers.

"I saw a man being lifted on a stretcher," one onlooker told RTL Nieuws (@sunsetlifesaarv/Twitter)
Horrifying images of the aftermath shows a sea of lifejackets in the river (@sunsetlifesaarv/Twitter)

There is a large presence of emergency services on-site, including a trauma helicopter and the incident has now been declared a "Major Water Accident."

The shipping route has been temporarily blocked because of the collision.

In 2019, a 56-year-old woman from Belgium died following a collision on the Nieuwe Maas when a dinghy was rammed by a rubber speedboat. Eleven other people on board also fell into the water and one of them became disabled.

The skipper who caused the collision was sentenced to community service.

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