Yorkshire: Two big ships, an oil tanker and a cargo vessel, off the Yorkshire coast had a terrible maritime wreck in the North Sea.
The other was a Portuguese flagged cargo vessel laden with many bottles. The first was an oil tanker bearing the American flag.
The regrettable event occurred at the Humber Estuary, close Withernsea, toward northeastern.
British media says the crash occurred just before 10 a.m. neighborhood time.
Stena Immaculate, a ship formally registered under the American flag, was the oil tanker connected with the incident.
The cargo ship, which was also involved in the accident, was meanwhile called Solong and bearing the Portuguese flag at the time of the event.
The event caused fast international media interest and much coverage of the ongoing search and recovery work on site.
Emergency response teams were sent to the scene to evaluate the damage and offer help once news of the crash came.
Along with a specialized coast guard helicopter dispatched to help in search and rescue operations, the rescue mission featured many lifeboats.
Trying to find survivors and gauge the damage the impact brought, rescuers at the site worked nonstop.
Authorities found 32 corpses from the scene of the accident during the recovery operation.
Several wounded crew members and passengers were quickly taken to close hospitals for urgent medical attention.
The process of ascertaining the dead people was already in progress.
Though medical professionals were administering required treatment to victims. The extent of their injuries was not initially disclosed.
The company possessing the Stena Immaculate oil tanker verified all crew members were uninjured.
The company, on the other hand, refused to disclose any statement about the cause or exact events of the accident.
The company in charge of running Portuguese cargo ship Solong did not give any official reaction.
