Thaindian News

LIMA, PERU (BNO NEWS) – Two people were killed while around 40 are still missing after a vessel sank in the Amazonas River in Peru, according to local media.

The Peruvian ship Camila was heading to the village of Santa Rosa near the Peru-Colombia border. The sinking took place at 2 a.m. while the approximately 250 passengers of the vessel were sleeping.

Two individuals were found dead at the shore, so far, 210 passengers have been rescued harmless of without serious injuries. At first, more than 200 passengers were missing. In the shore, 121 survivors were found, including twenty wounded, who were transported to Iquitos, Peru.

The vessel, “Camila,” was reported to have a capacity of 146 passengers but one survivor said that there were around 160 people in one deck and 100 in the other, totaling 260 passengers, an extra 78 percent.

At first more than 100 people were unaccounted for, but rescuing teams located many of them. Unfortunately around 40 passengers are still missing and believed trapped and presumably dead inside the sunken vessel. Following the sinking, screams and voices could be heard emanating from the ship’s inside but rescuers has not been able to open a hole in it. The voices and screams have since stopped.

Authorities said that the vessel was old and in bad shape. It was also reported that the vessel was overcrowded and did not carried enough life savers for the passengers.