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| 'Serious damage' in English Channel three-boat crash | 'Serious damage' in English Channel three-boat crash |
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| A collision involving three vessels in the English Channel has caused "serious damage", the coastguard said. | |
| Lifeboats were called at about 03:00 GMT after the crash, about nine miles off the coast at Dungeness in Kent. | |
| A Liberian-registered cargo ship, heading towards Genoa in Italy, passed between a tug and a smaller vessel it was towing, causing serious damage. | |
| No-one was injured in the crash. Lifeboat crews remain with the tug and towed boat. | |
| The Dungeness lifeboat was initially sent to the scene, but has been replaced by the Dover lifeboat and the Galatea, a Trinity House vessel, which are trying to tow the boats back to shore. | The Dungeness lifeboat was initially sent to the scene, but has been replaced by the Dover lifeboat and the Galatea, a Trinity House vessel, which are trying to tow the boats back to shore. |
| The crew of the tug is still on board, the coastguard said. | The crew of the tug is still on board, the coastguard said. |
| The cargo ship is now anchored at Newhaven. | |
| The Marine Accident Investigation Branch is at the scene. | The Marine Accident Investigation Branch is at the scene. |