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Four dead after boat capsizes in North China lake

Xinhua | Updated: 2021-08-16 09:47

HOHHOT - Four people died after a fishing boat capsized in Ulan Suhai Lake in Bayan Nur, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, local authorities said Sunday.

All nine people on board fell into the lake when the boat capsized on Saturday afternoon. Six people were rescued, but one of them later died. Three went missing.

By Sunday afternoon, all the bodies of the missing people had been salvaged, raising the death toll to four.

Investigation into the cause of the accident is underway.

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