Emergency officials say that a Russian cruise ship carrying hundreds of U.S. and German tourists has collided with a barge on the Volga River, but no one was hurt. The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry's branch in the Yaroslavl region says the collision occurred early Wednesday in the Rybinsk reservoir on the Volga River. The barge carrying sand hit the cruise liner, piercing a hole in its starboard side. The ministry said that none of the 202 tourists and 91 crew aboard had suffered any injuries and the crew patched the hole. The tourists are to be evacuated to Moscow by boats and then buses, the Associated Press reported.
