A crew member tells CBS News "a massive ship came from out of the blue" and rammed a tanker apparently carrying jet fuel for the U.S. military.

A local police department in England arrested a man in connection with the cargo vessel collision in the North Sea, involving a U.S.-flagged oil carrier. Humberside Police announced Tuesday that they arrested a 59-year-old man and charged him with gross negligence manslaughter.

The 59-year-old man was arrested after a container ship struck an oil tanker in the North Sea on Monday. A crew member was presumed dead after an extensive search was called off.

Humberside Police said the 59-year-old captain of container ship Solong was detained "on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter in connection with the collision."

LONDON (AP) — British police arrested a man on suspicion of manslaughter as they searched for answers about why a cargo ship hit a tanker transporting jet fuel for the U.S. military off eastern England, setting both vessels ablaze. One sailor was presumed dead.

The captain of the cargo ship Solong was arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter after the ship collided with the Stena Immaculate tanker off England's coast, causing fires and fuel spillage.

The Portuguese vessel Solong is drifting and still on fire after a collision with US tanker Stena Immaculate off the east coast of Yorkshire on Monday

The oil tanker Stena Immaculate and a cargo vessel were yesterday involved in a crash in the North Sea, with photos emerging of huge flames engulfing both boats after a rescue mission was launched

A cargo ship struck a tanker Monday in a fiery crash in the North Sea off the coast of eastern England, causing fuel to stream into local waters. MV Stena Immaculate, the tanker, carries oil and