Boat crash tragedy leaves 30 dead and dozens missing off African coast
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Boat crash tragedy leaves 30 dead and dozens missing off African coast.
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At least 30 people have died after two boats collided in the Congo, local officials announced.Dozens are still missing after the motorised wooden boots collided on Sunday evening near the Ngombe-Lukolela area in Equateur province, according to the provincial interior minister, Crispin Mputu.But it remains unclear what the cause of the crash war.Mr Mputu said navigating the river at night had historically killed many people.
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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The bodies of the 30 people who died on Sunday have already been buried, the minister added.One was a commercial vessel was headed to the capital, Kinshasa, from Ubangi.The other was a passenger riverboat en route from Kinshasa to Lukolela, near where the vessels collided, Mr Mputu added.A security source told Reuters the passenger boat, carrying 163 people, sank after the collision.As of last night, at least 59 survivors were rescued.A separate security source told the Associated Press the boat "returning from Ubangi was overloaded...
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