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Search for six missing after boat overturns

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-11-10 21:13

Rescuers search for missing crew of a boat capsized on the upper Yangtze River early Tuesday. [Xinhua]

CHONGQING: Six people are missing after a boat capsized on the upper Yangtze River early Tuesday, said local authorities Tuesday.

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The sand-carrying vessel with six crew capsized when hit by a vehicle ferry in Fuling waters, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, at 1:05 am, said Wu Mulin, of Chongqing Maritime Safety Administration.

A search for the missing was still underway, Wu said.

The administration is investigating the cause of the accident.