Six missing in Argentine ship crash

  • 12 years ago
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STORY: Rescue workers on Sunday recovered the body of the captain of an Argentina cargo ship which collided with a Paraguayan tug

boat a day earlier. Six others who were aboard the Argentine ship when the collision occurred remain missing.

The two vessels crashed on the Parana River near the city of Zarate in northeastern Argentina on Saturday .

The Argentine navy are leading rescue efforts.

The rescue efforts were expected to continue late into the evening on Sunday.

The cause of the accident remains unclear.

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