Several killed in boat collision in Peru’s Amazon

Government says 11 people died and six were injured after two boats collided in the Huallaga River in Peru.

A collision of two river boats in the Amazon in Peru has left at least 11 passengers dead and others missing, according to a government statement. The accident took place at 05:30 local time (10:30 GMT) on the Huallaga River, in Muyuna on Sunday, when a boat full of passengers crashed into a freight barge amid dense mist at dawn, according to state channel TV Peru. The crash caused the wooden passenger boat, the Ayachi, to capsize.