Passenger boat sinks in reservoir; 1 dead, 4 missing
published : 20 Jan 2020 at 15:42
writer: Gary Boyle
UTTARADIT: A woman was confirmed drowned and four other people were missing after a passenger boat sank in the reservoir at Sirikit dam on Monday morning.
Police said the boat left Huay Ta village shortly after 9am with 10 passengers and the boat owner-operator on board. The boat was also carrying agricultural goods.
In middle of the reservoir the boat ran into a tree stump uncovered by the falling level of the water, and capsized. The accident happened two kilometres from the boat's destination.
A large number of rescuers immediately began a search and rescue mission.
Six of the people on board were rescued, but five were missing.
One dead body was later found and recovered. The four others were still missing.
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Vocabulary
- agricultural (adj): of the science or practice of farming - ที่เกี่ยวกับเกษตรกรรม
- capsize: (of a boat or other object) to turn over in the water - คว่ำ, พลิกคว่ำ
- destination: the place where someone or something is going - จุดหมายปลายทาง
- goods: things that are produced to be sold; possessions that can be moved - สินค้า, สิ่งของ
- mission: an important piece of work that a person or a group of people has been given to do - ภาระกิจ หน้าที่
- recover: to get something that was lost, stolen, or owed - การนำกลับคืน, การกู้
- rescue: to save a person or animal from a dangerous or unpleasant situation - ช่วยชีวิต
- rescuer: a person who saves someone from a dangerous or unpleasant situation - ผู้ช่วยชีวิต
- reservoir: a natural or artificial lake where water is stored - อ่างเก็บน้ำ
- stump (noun): the bottom part of a tree left in the ground after the rest has fallen or been cut down - ตอไม้
