ROME, August 8, 2008 (AFP) - A hydrofoil hit a pier in a Sicilian port injuring 80 passengers, including one woman fighting for her life, the ANSA news agency reported on Friday.

A 10-year-old child had a serious head injury, the report said.

The vessel struck a pier in the western Sicilian port of Trapani, ANSA said, adding that the accident occurred in the same place where a woman died in a similar collision last year.