CHENGDU - Five people, including a child, are missing after a fishing boat capsized in a river in Southwest China's Sichuan province on Monday evening, according to local authorities.
The accident happened at around 7 pm on the Shagou River in Guanyin township, Yibin county, when a boat loaded with seven people overturned, the provincial safety supervision bureau said on Tuesday.
An adult and another child aboard were rescued in the wake of the accident.
A search for the missing is ongoing, while the cause of the accident is still being investigated.
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