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India boat capsize: Three school students die off Mumbai
A rescue operation is continuing after a boat carrying 40 school students capsized off the Indian coast near Mumbai.
Thirty-two pupils have been rescued so far and three bodies, said to be girls, have been found, according to reports.
Ships have been diverted to the area near Dahanu, in Maharashtra state, to help with the rescue.
The boat had been overcrowded and the pupils were not wearing lifejackets, the Times of India reported.
Two of those who died were reported to be aged 17.
The students were said to be from the KL Ponda High School in Dahanu.
NDTV reported that the accident may have happened because a number of students went to one side of the boat to take selfies, causing it to overturn.
India boat capsize: Three school students die off Mumbai
- 13 January 2018
A rescue operation is continuing after a boat carrying 40 school students capsized off the Indian coast near Mumbai.
Thirty-two pupils have been rescued so far and three bodies, said to be girls, have been found, according to reports.
Ships have been diverted to the area near Dahanu, in Maharashtra state, to help with the rescue.
The boat had been overcrowded and the pupils were not wearing lifejackets, the Times of India reported.
Two of those who died were reported to be aged 17.
The students were said to be from the KL Ponda High School in Dahanu.
NDTV reported that the accident may have happened because a number of students went to one side of the boat to take selfies, causing it to overturn.
