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Shipwreck kills 4
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FOUR people were killed and one is still missing following a shipwreck off SZ's western districts.
The ship, which was transporting sand, was bound for Xixiang Township, Bao'an District from Shatian when the accident happened in the small hours on Thursday. There were reportedly seven people aboard the ship. So far, only one person has been saved.
At about 8am on that day, the local maritime affairs bureau received a report from a sailor who said that he had found a sunken ship in the western sea at 4.30am that same morning. Part of the sunken ship's hull was protruding from the water. The sailors who discovered the wreck were able to rescue one crewman.
The bureau launched a search operation, contacting nearby ships for help and dispatching speedboats to the scene, including four divers. The divers, though, were unable to enter the ship.
The next day, however, four corpses were found inside the boat after it was towed to a shallow area.
(Wu Yan)
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