domingo, 7 de octubre de 2012

Hong Kong Boat Collision Leaves 25 Dead

Twenty-five people have been killed and dozens injured in a collision between a ferry and another boat south of Hong Kong during a festival. A vessel, packed with 124 revellers, hired by the Hong Kong Electric company for staff and family, started sinking. Television footage showed the boat half submerged with the bow pointing straight up. More than 100 people have been rescued and dozens taken to hospital as the search continues for those still missing. "Some of them are suffering hypothermia and four had to be resuscitated," a paramedic at the Queen Mary Hospital said. The collision occurred near Lamma Island, off the southwestern coast of Hong Kong, near one of the city's busiest shipping lanes. A survivor is taken onto shore after being rescued from the sea following a collision between tow boats in Hong Kong. A survivor is brought ashore by rescuers Hong Kong chief Leung Chun-ying said the government had mobilised all its resources to respond. "All our emergency rescue teams are concentrated there ... we can see that bit by bit, the people in the water are being rescued," he said. "We will do all we can to find those who are still missing." Survivors were taken by boat to Hong Kong island, where a fleet of ambulances whisked them to several hospitals. Rescue teams in boats and helicopters spent the night scouring the sea around the site of the accident for signs of survivors, while dive teams entered the sunken boat. The hired boat was headed to Victoria Harbour to <b>...</b>
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