Nine People Killed in US Boat Accident

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Nine People Killed in US Boat Accident

At least nine people were killed when a charter fishing boat with 19 passengers and crew members on board capsized off the US Oregon coast early Saturday.

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At least nine people were killed when a charter fishing boat with 19 passengers and crew members on board capsized off the US Oregon coast early Saturday.

The accident happened as the fishing boat sailed out of Tillamook Bay shortly after 7 a.m., The Associated Press reported,quoting Coast Guard Commander Patrick Brennan as saying.

Eight survivors were brought to the hospital and rescuers were searching for one person believed to be in the water.

The search of the missing was still underway and three helicopters and two lifeboats of the Coast Guard were sent to the scene, where the wreckage of the boat had been washed ashore.

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