The Mermaid sightseeing boat collided with a much larger passenger cruise vessel on the Danube in the heart of Budapest on Wednesday evening and went down in just seven seconds, police said. Authorities show footage of two ships seconds before their collision during a press briefing following a boat accident on the River Danube, at the police headquarters in Budapest, Hungary, 30 May 2019. // EPA-EFE PHOTOThirty-five people were on board the 26-metre Mermaid when it sank, most of them South Korean tourists including a six-year-old girl. Rescuers on a boat are seen on the Danube river near the zone where the "Mermaid" sightseeing boat sank overnight after colliding with a larger vessel in pouring rain on May 30, 2019 in Budapest. "The government expresses its condolences to the families of the South Korean victims of the Danube boat accident," it said on its Facebook page.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 30, 2019 11:14 UTC