Death toll in tourist boat incident in Colombia rises to 9

  26 June 2017    Read: 874
Death toll in tourist boat incident in Colombia rises to 9
At least nine people have died and dozens remain missing after a tourist board with about 150 people on board went down on the Penol reservoir in the tourist town of Guatape in northwestern Colombia on Sunday, media reported citing officials.
According to The Guardian newspaper, the Colombian authorities do not comment on the number of rescued people.

Earlier it was reported about three victims and about 30 missing as a result of the shipwreck.

The Colombian authorities are carrying out a rescue operation, while the country's Air Force have sent helicopters to evacuate the most seriously injured people.

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