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Lucinda Cameron & Steven Smith PA & Jacob Farr

Seven casualties remain in Edinburgh hospital following US navy ship incident

Seven people remain in hospital after a US Navy ship tipped over in a dry dock, leaving 35 people injured.

A major incident was declared as police, ambulances, the fire service and coastguard were called to a report that a ship had become dislodged from its holding at Imperial Dock in Leith, Edinburgh, at about 8.35am on Wednesday.

The Petrel, owned by the US Navy and operated by Oceaneering International, was left leaning at a 45-degree angle in the dry dock. NHS Lothian received 21 patients, with 17 treated at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburg h (RIE) and four at the Western General Hospital (WGH), while two people were taken to hospital in Fife.

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