Ship rams fishing boat; 1 killed

GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines — One person was killed and several others were injured when a Manila-bound Superferry ship rammed a disabled fishing boat off Maasim, Sarangani, early Friday, police said.

Superintendent Edgar Cuanan, chief of the regional police’s maritime office in Central Mindanao, said the fishing boat had engine trouble and was dead in the water when it was hit by the Superferry.

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