Two dead, including teenager, after boats capsize off Japan's Okinawa
The Peninsula
Tokyo: Two people, including a 17 year old girl, died Monday after a pair of boats carrying high school students capsized close to Japan s Okinawa isl...
Tokyo: Two people, including a 17-year-old girl, died Monday after a pair of boats carrying high school students capsized close to Japan's Okinawa island, the coast guard said.
A total of 18 students from Kyoto were on board the vessels, reportedly as part of school trip that took the boats close to an area where a new US air base is under construction.
"A total of 21 people were rescued, but two people who were found unconscious are confirmed dead," a regional coast guard official told AFP.
The teenager was wearing a life jacket at the time of her death, while the other casualty was the captain of one of the boats, a man in his 70s, the coast guard said.
The official said two other people were being treated at a hospital but the severity of their injuries was unclear.
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