Cargo Business Newswire

Friday, July 24, 2015

At least 21 dead after cargo ship hits party boat on the Nile

At least 21 people were killed on the Nile north of Cairo when a cargo ship hit their chartered boat, sources said.

Five members of the party were rescued from the river. Six or more were still missing early on Thursday. At least two children were killed. Officials said the search for survivors after the collision on Wednesday had been hampered by darkness.

Family and friends of a young couple had hired the

boat to celebrate their engagement.

Police said they had arrested the captain of the cargo boat and his deputy after the accident, one of many that happen on the Nile and off Egypt’s coast each year.

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