Ship collision leaves one dead, four missing in southeast China
28/5/2007 15:31
One sailor died and four other are missing after two freighters
collided off the coast of Quanzhou City in southeast China's Fujian Province
yesterday morning, local authorities said.
A Quanzhou-registered freighter
sunk after colliding with another freighter registered in eastern city of
Nanjing at about 9 a.m., and 12 sailors aboard the Quanzhou ship fell into
water, said Zhou Honghui, of the Quanzhou Municipal Maritime Affairs
Bureau.
Eight sailors were rescued, but one of them died on the way of being
rushed to hospital, Zhou said.
Rescuers are searching the area for the other
four missing people, the official said.
Xinhua
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