3 Dead, 12 Missing after Boat Sinks in E China
福建南平渡船翻沉 3死12失踪
Three bodies have been retrieved and 12 others remain missing after a ferry sank on the Minjiang River in east China's Fujian Province, local authorities said Wednesday.
The accident occurred during a rainstorm around 9 a.m., when the boat sank near a dock in Xiadao Township, Nanping City, according to sources with the Nanping municipal government.
Search and rescue work is underway.
20日上午9时许，福建南平夏道镇安济渡口一艘渡船在闽江江面翻沉，目前已造成3人死亡，12人失踪，沉船打捞和失踪人员搜救工作正在进行，失踪人数还在进一步核实。
