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16 injured after sightseeing boat hits rock in sea

Tuesday, 20 May 2008

SHIOGAMA, Miyagi -- Sixteen people were injured after a sightseeing boat hit a rock in the sea on Monday morning, coast guard officials said.

At around 11:25 a.m., a local coast guard office received an emergency call from a crewmember of the sightseeing boat Yamabiko, saying that the bottom of the vessel hit a rock in the sea while cruising in Matsushima Bay, and that some passengers were injured.

The boat returned to the port at around 12:10 p.m. Of about 40 passengers, 15 were injured and 10 of them received treatment at a hospital. One of the crewmembers was also wounded.

The Miyagi Coast Guard Office is investigating the cause of the accident.

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