Thirteen fishermen on aboard a sunken fishing boat after a
collision with a Cambodian cargo ship were salvaged by rescuers on
sea areas at the Qiongzhou Straits in south China on Tuesday.
A passing-by fishing boat coming into rescue salvaged the
victims. Sources with hospital in Haikou, capital of the
southernmost China's
Hainan Province said that the victims suffering injuries were
still receiving medical treatment.
The 4,975-ton Cambodian cargo ship was en route to Vietnam. The
sunken 90-ton fishing boat was registered in Hainan.
The Hainan Maritime Affairs Bureau has carried out investigation
on the cause of the shipwreck accident.
(Xinhua News Agency February 8, 2006)
