A🀅 small ferry was hit by an oil spill cleaning vessel on a river in southern China, state 🦩media said on Friday night, killing 11 people while five more are missing.
Nine🍒teen people fell overboard during the crash on the Yuansh𝔍ui River in Hunan province on Tuesday morning, and three were rescued the same day, according to the country's official news agency Xinhua.
The acciden🌠t happened at a point where the river is more than 60 metres (200 feet) deep, on average, and 500 metres (1,600 feet) wide.
Rescue teams salvaged the ferry on Friday night, according to Xinhua, 🍌and are continuing the search.
One person who wasও rescued escaped the ferry by breaking a windဣow with his foot, a relative told The Paper, a Shanghai-based newspaper.
The relative also said 💦the ferry is 🍸the main way for people to come and go from their village.
A video obtained by The Paper showed the much larger oil spill cleaning vessel hitting the ferry from 🔜behind in calm water.
China News Agency said on Wednesday ෴the three people on the larger boat, none of whom injured, were placed under investigation by police after it their boat reached shore safely.
There was no immediate word on how the accident happened, and ꦍphone calls to the local government went unanswered on a Saturday morning.
