BEIJING (AFP) – Eight people died after a “seriously overloaded” government-owned boat capsized in southwestern China’s Guizhou province earlier this week, Chinese authorities said yesterday.
Five survivors were rescued from the scene of the accident, which took place in Guizhou province on Monday, according to an online statement by the National Emergency Management Ministry.
The boat was owned by the local government, according to the statement, which called for “serious accountability” over the incident.
The vessel “engaged in passenger-carrying business activities in violation of regulations and was seriously overloaded”, the ministry said.
