By Gergely Szakacs and Krisztina Fenyo
KOMAROM, Hungary (Reuters) – Two individuals have been killed and 5 others have been lacking after a small motor boat collided with a cruise ship on the Danube River north of Budapest late on Saturday, Hungarian police stated on Sunday.
Catastrophe response models, together with 95 personnel, 25 vessels and drones have been nonetheless trying to find the 5 lacking individuals alongside your entire Hungarian part of the Danube downstream from the positioning, police stated in a press release.
A spokesperson for the Budapest police, Soma Csecsi, stated eight adults have been aboard the small motor boat on the time of the collision.
The accident was reported on Saturday night time after a person was discovered with a bleeding head wound close to the primary street by the river close to Veroce, 55 km (34 miles) north of Budapest.
“Police talked to the man and from his initial communication they drew the conclusion that he was probably the victim of some kind of boat accident,” Csecsi stated.
The physique of a person was recovered south of Veroce, whereas a lady’s physique was discovered additional downstream close to a bridge on the northern outskirts of Budapest, the place police additionally recovered the broken motor boat, he stated.
He stated a cruise ship that had been within the space on the time of the accident had been stopped within the city of Komarom, and police had discovered indicators of harm on the facet of the vessel.
Reuters noticed the Swiss-based cruise ship Heidelberg moored in Kamarom with massive scratches seen on the bow.
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A bunch of Chinese language vacationers disembarked on Sunday afternoon. One of many vacationers advised Reuters he had not been conscious of any accident on the time.
Police have launched a felony investigation in opposition to an unknown perpetrator to find out the reason for the accident. The aim of the investigation is to seek out whether or not anybody is criminally liable, Csecsi stated.
