Three dead in Ecuador after tourist boat capsizes | Inquirer News

Three dead in Ecuador after tourist boat capsizes

/ 08:38 AM December 26, 2022

Three people, including two young children, died in central Ecuador on Sunday, December 25, when a tourist boat capsized

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QUITO, Ecuador — Three people, including two young children, died in central Ecuador on Sunday, December 25, when a tourist boat capsized, local authorities reported.

Authorities said they were investigating what caused the capsizing of the boat on the Colta Lagoon, in the Andean province of Chimborazo around 200 kilometers (120 miles) south of Quito.

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Among the deceased were “a five-month-old newborn, a three-year-old minor, and a 53-year-old woman,” said the ECU-911, the South American country’s integrated security service, in a statement.

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Officials added that “about 40 other passengers were rescued from the lagoon” on Sunday.

In 2013, five people were killed on the same lake in an accident involving a boat found to be carrying too many passengers.

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