1 missing, 22 rescued after shipping vessel hits fishing boat in Romblon | Inquirer News

1 missing, 22 rescued after shipping vessel hits fishing boat in Romblon

By: - Correspondent / @mvirolaINQ
/ 11:32 AM February 13, 2016

BATANGAS CITY—A fisherman was missing while 22 others were rescued when a fishing boat was hit by a shipping vessel in the waters of San Fernando town in the island province of Romblon on Saturday morning, police said.

In a report, Supt. Imelda Tolentino, information officer of the Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marindque, Romblon, Palawan) police, said the fishing boat was on a fishing trip in the waters of Barangay (village) Espana at 5 a.m. when the shipping vessel, owned by the company 2GO, hit it.

Tolentino said the fishing boat was cut in half after the said collision.

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She said teams from the police and the Philippine Coast Guard were scouring the waters of Barangay Espana to look for the missing crew member of the fishing boat. RAM

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