Fishing boat and pleasure boat collide Two dead Nagasaki February 29, 19:00
A fishing boat and a pleasure boat collided off the coast of Iki City in Nagasaki Prefecture on the afternoon of the 29th, and six people on board were thrown into the sea, two of whom died.
Before 3:00 pm on the 29th, a staff member of Katsumoto-cho Fishery Cooperative in Katsumoto-cho, Iki-shi reported to the Iki Coast Guard Office that a fishing boat and a small boat collided off the northern coast of Iki, causing injuries.
According to the Japan Coast Guard, etc., the clashes were a squid fishing fishing boat "Kokyu Maru" and a pleasure boat belonging to the Katsumoto Town Fishing Cooperative, and six people who were on the boat were thrown into the sea, but all were near fishing boats It was rescued by
Of the six rescued, two were taken to hospital with cardiopulmonary arrest and subsequently died.
The rest of the four pleasure boats and six other fishing boat captains and crewmen were taken to the hospital, all of which are conscious. Although the fishing boat returned to Katsumoto Port on its own, the pleasure boat that returned to the port after being towed was still capsized and had large holes and cracks at the bottom of the boat.
The Coast Guard and other organizations confirm the identities of the two deceased and investigate the cause of the accident in detail.
Fisherman who rescued "sorry"
A 30-year-old fisherman belonging to the Katsumotocho Fisheries Cooperative who rescued said, "I was contacted at about 2.30 pm and rushed to the scene. A few people were riding on the capsized ship, I rescued in a hurry in cooperation with the ship. I am sorry that there was no accident for a long time. "