Venice gondola accident kills German tourist
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A picture taken on February 12, 2012 shows boats sailing on the Grand Canal in Venice. A gondola and a vaporetto waterbus collided Saturday on Venice's Grand Canal, killing a German tourist and badly injuring a young girl, Italy's Ansa news agency reported. (AFP/File)
A gondola and a vaporetto waterbus collided Saturday on Venice's Grand Canal, killing a German tourist and badly injuring a young girl, Italy's Ansa news agency reported.
The accident happened around noon near the canal city's famous Rialto Bridge as the public transport waterbus manoeuvred toward a stop, Ansa said.
The German man, his wife and three children, and the gondolier all fell into the water in the accident.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The injured girl was aboard the waterbus, which reportedly crushed the German man against the gondola.