5 missing in SW China boat accident

KUNMING -- Rescuers are searching along a section of Jinsha River for five people who went missing after their boat sank in the river in Yulong Naxi autonomous county, Southwest China's Yunnan province, local authorities said on Saturday.

The boat had six people on board, when the accident happened at around 10:20 p.m. Friday. One of them swam to the shore.

The authorities of Lijiang city, which administrates the county, has dispatched four rescue vessels and mobilized more than 230 people to join the search for the five missing.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.