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Tour boat carrying 36 people capsizes in cave in Lockport, New York
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Police in Lockport, New York, say a tour boat with 36 people on board has capsized during a tour of an underground cavern system built to carry water from the Erie Canal
LOCKPORT, N.Y. — A boat carrying 36 people capsized Monday during a tour of an underground cavern system built to carry water from the Erie Canal beneath the western New York city of Lockport, police said.
Police and fire crews were called to the Lockport Cave Tours, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) northeast of Niagara Falls, at about 11:30 a.m. The tours take visitors on an underground boat ride illuminated only by small lights.
“Crews are working to assist all parties safely out of the area,” police said in a press release.
Video footage from the scene outside the Lockport Cave office showed one person talking as she was loaded onto an ambulance. Others wrapped in white towels were being escorted to a bus as a steady rain fell.
Additional information was not immediately available.
The tunnel was blasted out in the 19th century to transport extra water from the Erie Canal to power nearby businesses.
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