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The mate piloting a tugboat involved in a fatal July...

The mate piloting a tugboat involved in a fatal July 2010 crash with a Ducks tour boat in Philadelphia was using his own cellphone to deal with a family emergency when the accident occurred, according to a report released Monday…

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by the National Transportation Safety Board. The tour boat, with 37 passengers, sunk in the Delaware River after colliding with a barge being towed by the M/V Caribbean Sea. Two Hungarian students were killed and 26 passengers were injured. The report didn’t specify the accident’s cause, but it noted that the mate told a lawyer for the company he had learned that day of a medical emergency involving his son.