Apparently the sightseeing boat had experienced some sort of malfunction and was drifting in the water without power at the time of the collision. Details are sketchy at this point, but the article noted that investigators are trying to determine how long the boat had been without power and whether the captain advised passengers to jump prior to the impact. The CNN article says that "the boat overturned and passengers were spilled into the water."
According to the article, Robert Sumwalt of the National Tranportation Safety Board commented on the need for more safety regulations:
"We want to find out what happened and issue safety regulations so that this does not happen again," said Sumwalt, who is vice chairman of the NTSB.
As we all know, accidents continue to happen despite safety regulations. It would be interesting to know what safety regulations, short of a complete ban on sightseeing vessels from the Delaware River, the NTSB might come up with.
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