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Ship Collision Leaves one Dead in South China

A collision between an oil tanker and a freighter near the estuary of the Pearl River early Sunday, leaving one woman dead, according to sources with the Maritime Affairs Bureau of Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province.


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A collision between an oil tanker and a freighter near the estuary of the Pearl River early Sunday, leaving one woman dead, according to sources with the Maritime Affairs Bureau of Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province.

The oil tanker rammed into the bow of the freight vessel when the former was about to leave the Zhongran Wharf of Panyu City at about 3:00 a.m. Sunday. The ill-fated freighter, fully-loaded withstones, flooded with water and capsized. Two men on board jumped onto the oil tanker but a woman at the helm failed to escape.

The Guangzhou Maritime Affairs Bureau immediately sent one lifeboat, two tugboats and three coastguard vessels to the accident site. The sunken freighter was recovered at noon Sunday.

The collision caused no major damage to the oil tanker and no oil leaked from the ship.


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