Tourists rushed to A&E after tour boat sinks in Liverpool

The sunken Yellow Duckmarine tour bus-boat Credit: Lowdown Magazine

Several tourists have been airlifted to hospital, after a tour boat sank in Liverpool's Albert Dock.

Coastguards say more than 30 passengers were plunged into the water when the vehicle went down just before 4pm.

The Yellow Duckmarine tour company takes tourists around Liverpool by land and water, in amphibious vehicles.

The North West Air Ambulance is taking the injured away from the scene.

Ambulances at the scene in Albert Dock Credit: Lowdown Magazine

Witnesses say paramedics from 18 other ambulances are treating those who've been hurt.

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