{"id":240356,"date":"2026-07-10T17:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/240356\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T17:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:13:09","slug":"victorian-princess-cleared-after-bayfront-collision-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/240356\/","title":{"rendered":"Victorian Princess Cleared After Bayfront Collision | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Victorian Princess Cleared After Bayfront Collision - 1\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>An investigation is continuing after strong winds pushed the Victorian Princess into a dock along Erie\u2019s Bayfront Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred around 9 p.m. near Dobbins Landing, when emergency crews responded to a distress call from the vessel, which was carrying nearly 100 passengers at the time.<\/p>\n<p>According to officials, powerful winds forced the Victorian Princess into the dock, causing minor damage to the vessel. Fortunately, no injuries were reported among passengers or crew members.<\/p>\n<p>There was encouraging news Friday, as the U.S. Coast Guard inspected the vessel and determined it remains structurally sound allowing for the Victorian Princess cruise again.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Victorian Princess Cleared After Bayfront Collision - 1\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Passengers onboard described tense moments as the boat was impacted by the strong weather conditions, but quick action by the crew and first responders helped ensure everyone&#8217;s safety.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident and evaluate measures that could help prevent similar situations in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An investigation is continuing after strong winds pushed the Victorian Princess into a dock along Erie\u2019s Bayfront Thursday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[88556,136,6532,138,137,13714,59871,103279],"class_list":["post-240356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-dobbins-landing","tag-erie","tag-erie-bayfront","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-strong-winds","tag-u-s-coast-guard","tag-victorian-princess"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}