Overturning: Three drown, two go missing

Lifeguards said the boat had too many passengers and so it overturned.

HYDERABAD: Three people drowned and 30 others were saved when a boat overturned in the River Indus. Two bodies are still missing. The incident occurred when the boat was on its way back from Ghora Bari, 48 kilometres from Thatta. The residents of Patan Sindhu were thrown overboard when the boat capsized. Lifeguards said the boat had too many passengers.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 27^th, 2011.