Seven teens missing after boat capsizes in IndonesiaSeven teenagers were feared dead Saturday, a day after they went missing when their boat capsized on a river in Indonesia, officials said. “They were about to reach land, about seven metres away or so, but the kids, probably from overexcitement, came to the front of the boat, making the boat unbalance,” Suprapto, a local disaster management official, told AFP. Scores of rescuers were deployed to search the river using inflatable boats soon after the accident but none of the missing has been found so far. Indonesia has a poor water transport safety record and regularly suffers fatal boat accidents. Last month, an explosion on a speedboat on the resort island of Bali left two foreigners dead and 18 other tourists injured.

Source: Manila Bulletin October 08, 2016 05:26 UTC