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One more body retrieved after boat capsizes in SW China

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2016-06-08 08:51Xinhua Editor: Gu Liping
Rescuers prepare to head for the accident site to search for missing people in Bailong Lake of Guangyuan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 5, 2016. (Photo: Xinhua/Xue Yubin)

Rescuers prepare to head for the accident site to search for missing people in Bailong Lake of Guangyuan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 5, 2016. (Photo: Xinhua/Xue Yubin)

One more body has been retrieved from a lake in southwest China after a leisure boat capsized there on Saturday, rescuers said.

An underwater robot helped find a female victim at around 2 p.m. Tuesday from Bailong Lake in Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province, rescuers said.

So far, there are three confirmed fatalities, including a child, 12 people remain missing.

The rescue mission continues.

A leisure boat carrying 18 people capsized on Bailong Lake due to strong gales Saturday afternoon.

Three survivors are under observation at a local hospital and are stable.

  

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