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A police officer has said it was a "miracle" more people were not killed when a ship collided with an oil tanker in the North Sea in March 2025.Vladimir Motin, who was in command of the Solong vessel, has been found guilty of killing one crew member in the collision between with the Stena Immaculate.Interview with Humberside Police Detective Chief Superintendent Craig Nicholson.

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00:00This is a miracle that there weren't more fatalities or serious injuries.
00:21Similarly, you know, this could have been a huge environmental catastrophe.
00:25This is just off the east coast of Yorkshire.
00:27You've got a number of nature reserves along there.
00:29Similarly, if either of the vessels had sunk in that area, that would have had a significant environmental impact.
00:34But in terms of the fact that we only have one very, very tragic death,
00:39I think that is in itself an absolute miracle because this was a significant explosion.
00:45The Salong burned for eight days following the collision.
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