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Leisure boat capsizes in SW China, 14 missing

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2016-06-05 07:14Xinhua Editor: Wang Fan

Fourteen people are feared missing after a leisure boat capsized on a lake in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Saturday, according to the local government.

The accident happened at around 2:50 p.m. on the Bailong Lake in Guangyuan, the city's Lizhou District government said in a statement.

It said strong gales were to blame.

By 7:30 p.m., rescuers had pulled four people from the lake. The search for the missing continues.

The boat, which has 40 seats, was carrying 18 people when it capsized, the statement said.

  

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