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Tour Boat Capsizes in Underground Lockport Cave

  • Multiple passengers were hospitalized after their tour boat capsized in an underground cave along New York's Erie Canal.
  • The cause of the fatal accident, which occurred during a boat tour in Lockport, NY, remains under investigation.
  • All 29 people aboard were thrown into the frigid canal waters when the boat flipped upside down in the narrow, 350-foot channel inside the cave.
  • The boat tours, which showcase the canal's 19th-century tunnel system, have operated for over 40 years without major incident until now.
  • State and federal investigators are treating the area as a crime scene until determining what went wrong during the brief boat ride on Monday morning.
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