Three more corpses were found in a boat accident taking place on
Zhuhe River in Ziyang County of northwest China's Shaanxi
Province on Friday afternoon, adding to the original report of
five deaths.
The motor boat sank around 3:40 PM Friday while traveling
students from Xiangyang Village Middle School to Wafangdian of
Shaanxi, according to Ziyang County's Publicity Department.
Boat owner Chen Dachun and 23 students were on board while the
accident occurred. By Saturday noon, 13 students were saved and two
still missing. Chen survived the accident and was kept under police
custody.
On Saturday morning a team of professional rescuers left east
China's Shanghai for Shaanxi to facilitate rescue efforts
there.
The team is from the East Sea Rescue Bureau under the Ministry
of Communications. A batch of advanced positioning and searching
equipment were also taken to the accident-hit 16-meter-deep
reservoir.
Rescue work is still proceeding and causes are under
investigation at press time.
(Xinhua News Agency December 19, 2004)