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Dozens hurt as tourist ship hits bridge on river Rhine in western Germany

Dozens of people have been hurt after a tourist ship hit a road bridge on the Rhine in western Germany.

Police said 25 people were injured when the Swiss Crystal, which had 129 people on board, hit a pillar of the bridge near Duisburg.

The water level was high at the time and the pillar is usually on land, news agency dpa reported.

The ship was heading downstream on the last leg of a Rhine tour starting and ending in the Dutch city of Arnhem. It set off on December 22.

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