Three Dead, 60 Hospitalised in Boat Disasters: Rescue workers conduct a search and rescue operation at the site where two passenger boats capsized in Qianxi City, located in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, on May 4, 2025. (Source: Xinhua)
Beijing: Three people died, and 60 others were hospitalised after two boats carrying tourists capsized in southwestern China on Sunday, according to state media.
Approximately 70 people fell into the water when the two passenger boats overturned on a river in Qianxi City, Guizhou Province, as reported by the Xinhua news agency, citing local authorities. Rescue workers were actively searching for 14 individuals who were still missing as of Sunday evening.
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, called for “all-out efforts” in the search and rescue operations as well as in the treatment of those who were injured, as reported by Xinhua.
This incident occurred just over two months after eleven people lost their lives in a boat collision in central China.
That collision took place in Hunan Province when a passenger boat struck an industrial vessel, resulting in 19 people being thrown overboard.
