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100+ missing, 45 dead after boat sinks in Congo
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by Mon-Mage | July 25, 2008 at 11:19 am
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A boat accident in Kinshasa has claimed the lives atleast 45 people with many more missing. This supposedly happened after the barge hit a rock prior to sinking. According to the UN sponsored Radio Okapi there were about 182 people on the barge that went missing. The latest news said that only about 22 people were saved
KINSHASA: At least 42 passengers drowned and more than 100 are missing after their boat sank on the river Oubangui in the Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials and a radio report said on Friday.
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KINSHASA (Reuters) - At least 45 people were killed and another 100 were missing after a boat sank on a remote stretch of river in Democratic Republic of Congo, a local government official said on Friday.
The boat sank on Tuesday night on the Ubangi river, which forms part of the frontier between Congo and Central African Republic.
This is yet another sad accident that could have been averted if the people were more careful. Overcrowding of the barge was also held responsible for so many people dying in a boat accident.
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at 11:28 on July 25th, 2008
Mon-Mage, thanks for posting this story. Good stuff.
at 12:38 on July 25th, 2008
Mon-Mage, I like this story. It's good stuff.