China Daily (Hong Kong)

13 dead in another fatal boat accident

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At least 13 people died after a passenger boat capsized off the island of Sumatra, two days after another ferry accident in the archipelag­o killed at least nine, police said on Friday. The boat was carrying 55 people along the Musi river when it hit a large wave and sank amid bad weather on Wednesday, South Sumatra water police chief Robinson Siregar said. Police were still searching for the captain who reportedly survived but went missing.

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