Tourist boat, speedboat collision in Greece leaves 4 dead
ATHENS, Greece — A speedboat collided with a tourist vessel off the Greek island of Aegina near Athens Tuesday, killing four people, including a child, and injuring five others, the coast guard said.
Twenty people, including the injured, were rescued from the waters between Aegina and the small deserted islet of Moni, where the tourist boat was transporting holiday-makers for a swim, the coast guard said, revising an earlier figure of 21 people rescued. Two of the injured were in serious condition.
Authorities said no further people were reported missing, but a search and rescue operation involving several patrol boats, two helicopters, coast guard divers and nearby private vessels was continuing as a precaution.
More than 20 people were believed to have been on board the tourist boat when the collision occurred, sinking the small vessel, authorities said. The coast guard said the precise number of those who had been on the tourist vessel and details of how the accident occurred were unclear as rescue efforts were focused on locating survivors. The nationalities of the survivors were also not immediately clear.