Bihar boat capsize kills 13 children on Ganges in ...

Summary

• A Bihar boat capsize on the Ganges killed 13 children late on Tuesday, after an overcrowded vessel overturned in the dark in Vaishali district.
• Rescuers saved six people from the Bihar boat capsize.
• Officials said fuller details of the Bihar boat capsize would come once they finish counting victims and pin down what went wrong.

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A Bihar boat capsize on the Ganges killed 13 children late on Tuesday, after an overcrowded vessel overturned in the dark in Vaishali district.

Rescuers recovered 13 bodies from the river, according to Vaishali District Magistrate Varsha Singh. She said all of the victims were 15 or younger.

The boat tipped over midstream at around 8:30 pm near Rampur Shyamchand, in the Raghopur police station area. It was carrying villagers to a gathering on the far bank. Some accounts described a festival, while others said the trip was for a feast.

Rescue in the dark after Bihar boat capsize

Since night had already fallen, local people rushed into the water and used mobile phone lights to search for survivors. Ravi Yadav, a young villager, said they suddenly heard children screaming for help as the boat went under.

“We managed to rescue only three children,” he said. According to him, torches and phones were their only light.

Rescuers saved six people from the Bihar boat capsize. Two of them were children in critical condition, according to reports. Nirmal Kumar, who works at the nearby health centre, said staff referred four children and two adults to the main hospital in the district.