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San Diego bay cruise boat crashes into pier

SAN DIEGO --Several people were hurt when a bay cruise boat crashed into a dock in downtown San Diego on Thursday afternoon, CBS affiliate KFMB reported.

San Diego Fire-Rescue officials said there were a number of injuries when the 150-foot Adventure Hornblower ship hit the G Street Pier shortly before 1 p.m.

Several potentially serious injuries were reported, Fire Capt. Joe Amador said. Some of the patients were carried off the vessel on stretchers, according to KFMB reporter Shannon Handy.

Handy reported seven people were hurt, with four people taken to the hospital.

The cause of the crash was not immediately confirmed.

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