2 dead after cruise ship hits bridge in southern Germany
A river cruise ship sticks underneath a railway bridge on the Main-Danube Canal near Erlangen, Germany, Sunday Sept. 11, 2016. Authorities say the river cruise ship hit a rail bridge in southern Germany, crushing the wheelhouse and leaving two crew members dead. The ship had just cast off early Sunday from the town of Erlangen on its way to the Hungarian capital, Budapest, along the Main-Danube Canal when the accident occurred, the news agency dpa reported. The dead were a 49-year-old who was at the wheel of the vessel and a 33-year-old sailor. ( Nicolas Armer/dpa via AP)
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