STOCKHOLM, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Eleven people were injured in Sweden on Sunday when a ship carrying 230 passengers crashed into a dock in Nacka strand, east of the capital city, Stockholm.
There were no reports of serious injuries, but nine people were brought to hospital and the police have opened an investigation into the accident, Swedish Television reported.
"It's a question of burns and cuts," Sven-Erik Olsson at the Stockholm police, said of the injured individuals.
The passenger vessel, Cinderella II, was on its way to the city from Sandhamn, an international sailing center in the Stockholm archipelago.
After the accident, it docked in a central Stockholm location while staff tidied up the boat, telling Swedish Television's reporter that all the porcelain onboard had been shattered.
The ship will be inspected by the naval police, which have launched an investigation into carelessness in sea traffic.
