Initial reports said that while docking in the port of the city of Naples, the fast ferry called “Isola di Procida” crashed into the pier. The exact course of events was initially unclear. The rescue workers put the number of injured at around 30. There were no serious injuries, it said.
The meeting of the foreign ministers of the Group of Seven large western industrialized nations (G7) has been taking place since Wednesday on the island of Capri in the Gulf of Naples. The vast majority of participants were still on the island on Friday morning. Capri is one of the most visited tourist destinations in Italy. The island, which has fewer than 15,000 permanent residents, receives tens of thousands of visitors every day during high season. The crossing from the mainland takes about an hour.
