Thailand: the boat crashed into a bridge abutment, 15 dead

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Таиланд: теплоход врезался в опору моста, 15 погибшихMissing say 10 people.

In Thailand in the concrete support of the bridge crashed into a passenger ship – killed 15 people, and 10 missing. Ten of the 46 people injured in the crash are in critical condition in hospitals of the province.

The accident occurred on the chaophraya river the day before, on September 18.

All on Board were more than 150 people-Muslims, who were returning from a mosque after a religious holiday.

At the moment of impact on the base of the bridge, the ship lurched sharply, and many of the passengers overboard. During search and rescue operations have been saved most of the passengers, including 46 people who were injured to varying degrees. Also was discovered 10 bodies of the victims. The operation was suspended on Sunday evening in connection with the onset of darkness and resumed Monday morning.

For Sunday evening and resuming the search Monday morning, the rescuers managed to find five more bodies, in addition to ten, discovered immediately after the disaster, reported the Bangkok Post on Monday morning, the Governor of the province of Ayutthaya, Prawn Rattanasiri. According to him, another 10 people from among the passengers still missing.

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