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Isle of Wight ferry car deck collapse injures four Isle of Wight ferry car deck collapse injures four
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Four passengers on an Isle of Wight ferry are in hospital after the upper car deck of the ship collapsed.Four passengers on an Isle of Wight ferry are in hospital after the upper car deck of the ship collapsed.
Emergency services were called to Fishbourne terminal on the island just before 22:30 BST on Friday.Emergency services were called to Fishbourne terminal on the island just before 22:30 BST on Friday.
The four passengers - none of whom has life threatening injuries - were taken to St Mary's Hospital in Newport. The four passengers - none of whom have life threatening injuries - were taken to St Mary's Hospital in Newport.
A spokesman for the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service said the movable upper deck of a Wightlink Ferry had collapsed on to cars beneath it. A spokesman for Wightlink Ferries said that after docking on the Isle of Wight, the movable mezzanine upper deck collapsed on to the deck below.
"Four patients required ambulance treatment for a variety of injuries. All are conscious and breathing," he said. Three of the injured people taken to hospital were passengers, one is a crew member.
"We are not aware of the nature of the injuries. It is very fortunate that it was only four people injured, all things considered." A statement from the ferry company read: "As part of the usual disembarkation process, after vehicles on the lower deck had left the ship, the starboard forward mezzanine deck with nine cars on board was lowered.
Passengers on another ferry, the St Clare, had to wait for 90 minutes to dock at Fishbourne while the emergency services, which included police, fire crews and the coastguard, attended the scene. "When it was a short distance from the deck below, it dropped a few feet and made contact with the lower deck.
"A full investigation into the incident is underway. It has been reported to the Marine Accident Investigation Branch and Wightlink is fully co-operating with the authorities."
The ship, the St Helen, last underwent an independent engineering inspection in May, the company said.
The vessel sailed from Portsmouth Gunwharf at 21:30 with 181 passengers and 11 crew onboard.
Passengers on another ferry, the St Clare, had to wait for 90 minutes to dock at Fishbourne while the emergency services, which included police, fire crews, coastguards and ambulance service, attended the scene.