Five missing after cargo vessel capsizes on Yangtze River
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Updated: 2018-12-09 14:02
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CHONGQING -- Rescuers are searching for five crew members who went missing after their freighter capsized in a section of the Yangtze River near Wanzhou, Chongqing Municipality on Saturday evening.
The accident occurred at about 7 pm Saturday. The Yangtze Waterway Bureau and the municipal maritime safety department have sent a team to site of the accident to help with the search and rescue efforts.
Cause of the accident is under investigation.
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