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Tragic accident in Italy: tourist boat capsizes on Lake Maggiore – one dead, numerous missing

2023-05-29T06:00:53.295Z

Highlights: Sailboat capsized on Lake Maggiore in Italy on Sunday evening. Several people are missing, one person could only be recovered dead. Five people came to a clinic, the rest were treated on site. The 16-meter-long sailboat had been rented by tourists. The boat capsized in the evening during a storm at the southern end of the lake near the town of Lisanza, which is located on the Lombard side of theLake. According to the president of the Lombardy region, Attilio Fontana, a strong storm led to the accident.



This image, released by the Italian Fire Brigade, shows a helicopter searching for missing people after a tourist boat capsized in a storm on Italy's Lake Maggiore. © Dpa

A sailboat capsized on Lake Maggiore in Italy on Sunday evening. Several people are missing, one person could only be recovered dead.

Sesto Calende - A tragic accident occurred on Sunday evening on Lake Maggiore in northern Italy. As the Italian news agencies Ansa and Adnkronos report, several people have disembarked in a boat accident. One person was killed in the accident on Sunday evening (28 May), 19 people were rescued.

Sailboat capsizes on Lake Maggiore – numerous tourists apparently missing

This was confirmed by the fire brigade via Twitter. As the dpa reports, citing media reports, five people came to a clinic, the rest were treated on site. There is still no trace of several people. This is reported by the AFP news agency, citing fire department spokesman Luca Cari. Accordingly, rescue divers and helicopter crews are looking for several missing people. It is not yet known exactly how many people are still missing after the accident.

Tragic accident in Italy: tourist boat capsizes on Lake Maggiore – one dead, numerous missing

The boat capsized in the evening during a storm at the southern end of the lake near the town of Lisanza, which is located on the Lombard side of the lake. According to the president of the Lombardy region, Attilio Fontana, a strong storm led to the accident. The 16-meter-long sailboat had been rented by tourists, he wrote on Facebook.

Source: merkur

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