Two foreigners dead, seven hurt in Vietnam boat accident

By: Our Staff Reporter | September 25, 2009, 2:02 pm |
Two foreign tourists died and seven others were injured when their tourist boat overturned during heavy winds on Vietnam's picturesque Halong Bay, police said Friday. A local guide also died in the Thursday evening accident and a Vietnamese tourist was still missing, said Pham Van Truong, an immigration police officer in Quang Ninh province. "We are trying to identify the nationalities of these two foreigners but it will take us time because there were no documents left on their bodies," Truong said. Police recovered the bodies of three victims Friday morning and were still searching for the missing Vietnamese, the officer said. Seven injured tourists from Australia, France and the United States were treated at nearby Bay Chay Hospital but were released about midday Friday, said Vu Xuan Dien, the hospital's director.

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