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Boat collides with Napoli barge Boat collides with Napoli barge
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A barge helping with the clean-up of the stranded cargo ship MSC Napoli has collided with a fishing boat.A barge helping with the clean-up of the stranded cargo ship MSC Napoli has collided with a fishing boat.
The fishing boat Sea Seeker and landing barge Pont Menai crashed off Lyme Regis, in Dorset, on Monday night.The fishing boat Sea Seeker and landing barge Pont Menai crashed off Lyme Regis, in Dorset, on Monday night.
The Sea Seeker suffered extensive damage in the crash and two of the crew were treated for minor injuries. The Pont Menai was not badly damaged.The Sea Seeker suffered extensive damage in the crash and two of the crew were treated for minor injuries. The Pont Menai was not badly damaged.
The barge was returning to port after helping to clear containers washed ashore on Branscombe Beach, Devon.The barge was returning to port after helping to clear containers washed ashore on Branscombe Beach, Devon.
Beach clean-up 'Sudden bang'
One fisherman was taken to Dorset County Hospital in Dorchester with a back injury and the other was treated for head injuries at Lyme Regis before being allowed home.One fisherman was taken to Dorset County Hospital in Dorchester with a back injury and the other was treated for head injuries at Lyme Regis before being allowed home.
Both men are from Lyme Regis and are in their 30s or 40s. Crewman Simon Allman, said after being discharged from hospital: "There was a sudden bang and we all shot forward.
"We just clambered out as fast as possible. If we had been taking on water we would have been lucky to get out of the hatch."
A watch officer at Portland Coastguard said: "The landing craft is one of the crafts helping to put equipment such as JCB diggers and things ashore on to the beach at Branscombe, and recovering containers.A watch officer at Portland Coastguard said: "The landing craft is one of the crafts helping to put equipment such as JCB diggers and things ashore on to the beach at Branscombe, and recovering containers.
"It was heading back to its port in West Bay after the day helping clear up the beach.""It was heading back to its port in West Bay after the day helping clear up the beach."
The 62,000-tonne MSC Napoli, which was holed in storms on 18 January, was deliberately run aground because of structural damage.The 62,000-tonne MSC Napoli, which was holed in storms on 18 January, was deliberately run aground because of structural damage.