Five drown as boat capsizes<\/p>\n
JAMBI, Jambi: Five people drowned on Tuesday after a speed
\nboat capsized in waters off Tanjung Jabung, about 125 kilometers
\nfrom Jambi city, police said.<\/p>\n
Five others in the boat survived.<\/p>\n
"A speed boat traveling from Pangalihan village in East Tanjab
\nto Kuala Tangkal in West Tanjab sank after hitting a large
\nsubmerged log," West Tanjab Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Syauqie
\nAchmad said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Syauqie said the victims of Tuesday's accident included the
\ncaptain of the passenger boat.<\/p>\n
The victims were Hapek, 60, Hadisah, 60, Pamulek, 45, Hadizah,
\n7, and Buli, 35, the captain.<\/p>\n
The victims and the five survivors were found by local
\nfishermen who passed near the scene about seven hours after the
\naccident, he said.<\/p>\n
The five bodies were brought to Kuala Tangkal General Hospital
\nfor an autopsy before being taken by their families for burial.<\/p>\n
Police blamed the fatalities on the owners of the boat who
\nfailed to equip it with safety equipment, including life belts,
\nradios and emergency flares.<\/p>\n
Most passenger boats plying remote areas across Jambi did not
\nprovide safety equipment, causing many deaths in accidents,
\npolice said. -- Antara<\/p>",
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