30 drown as overloaded boat capsizes in northwest Pakistan

At least 30 people, including four children, drowned andseveral others went missing as an overloaded wooden boat carrying 80 passengerscapsized Wednesday in the Indus river in northwest Pakistan, police said.

The incident occured at Tarbela area in Haripur district ofKhyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP province.

   

“At least 30 people died in the boat capsize,” KPInformation Minister Shaukat Ali Yusafzai said.

Search teams have rescued 15 people and recovered 30 bodies,police said, adding that the deceased included four children and several women.

The ill-fated boat was ferrying 80 people from Nala Amazaivillage in Torghar district to Haripur district when it capsized midway due tooverloading, they said.

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