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Last Updated: 5:59 AM, February 5, 2012

Posted: 1:36 AM, February 5, 2012

It’s enough to make you seasick!

Fearing a repeat of the Costa Concordia disaster, more than 260 passengers scrambled to escape from a foundering Italian ferry yesterday.

The Sharden smashed into a jetty as it departed the port of Civitavecchia near Rome, the same starting point the ill-fated Concordia left from last month.

The collision, which tore an 80-foot hole in the hull, was caused by a violent snowstorm from the northeast.

Passengers, who were on their way to the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, heard a loud roar when the ship hit the concrete sea barrier. The crew told them to return to their cabins and not to worry.

AP

Several hours later, 262 people were evacuated, with no injuries reported. ,

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