An Australian man on board the cruise ship that rammed into a dock and a riverboat in Venice says the experience was “unbelievable”.

Four people were injured in the collision on the Guidecca Canal, which leads to the busy tourist site St Mark’s Square.

MSC Cruises said the collision was the result of a mechanical problem.

🇮🇹 VENICE: Whoa! Out-of-control cruise ship rams into a dock and a tourist river boat on a busy Venice canal on Sunday morning. Italian media reported that at least five people were injured in the crash. (Footage: @PetraReski) pic.twitter.com/tNlXmXKjJK

— Keith Walker (@KeithWalkerNews) June 2, 2019

Michael LoRicco tells Ben Fordham watching the footage brings back memories.

“When I hear that it still makes me quiver.

“We thought, ‘well why is it doing this?’, we just couldn’t understand.

“It was just an unbelievable feeling, the heart was going a hundred miles an hour.”

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