Trucks Tumble from Beached Ferry

The Blackpool Gazette reports that trucks have slipped from the stricken ferry Riverdance sending more of the vessel's cargo into the sea.

Several containers have fallen off the port side of the 6,000 ton ship as it continues to dangerously list on Blackpool beach.

The grounded ship, has been leaning at up to an 80 degree angle since the weekend, and moved at high tide sending five or six trailers crashing into the water.  Timber, insulating fibreglass and scrap metal is now washing up on the shoreline, just south of Cleveleys.

The trucks fell as cranes arrived on site. Salvage crews are now trying to refloat the ferry.

For more reports and a gallery of photographs go to the Blackpool Gazette's website - please see below ;-

http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpoolnews/Trucks-slip-off-stricken-ferry.3747144.jp

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