BANGKOK—At least 13 people were killed Sunday when a double-decker passenger boat carrying more than 100 people capsized in a river north of Bangkok, Thai media reported. It was not immediately clear what the boat had collided with. TV Channel 7 and other media cited rescue workers as saying that 13 people were killed. Police Col. Surapong Thampitak told television broadcaster ThaiPBS that the passengers were Thai Muslims travelling to a religious ceremony. ThaiPBS quoted Harbor Department official Surasak Sansombat as saying that the boat’s listed capacity was 50 passengers, and that it probably capsized from overloading and because there was a strong current in the river at the time.

Source: thestar September 18, 2016 16:40 UTC