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Hungary trial opens over Danube River crash; captain blamed

by Associated Press
| March 12, 2020 12:05 AM

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The captain of a river cruise ship wasn't concentrating on his steering duties for at least five minutes as it collided and sank a much smaller sightseeing boat in Budapest last summer, Hungarian prosecutors said at the opening of his trial Wednesday.

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