China dragon boat accident leaves 17 dead

Seventeen human beings have died in a dragon boat twist of fate in southern china thought to had been resulting from robust modern-day.

One of the lengthy, slim boats filled with paddlers overturned on saturday and another arriving on the scene additionally capsized, tv pics showed.

In total, almost 60 people have been tipped into the water, on a stretch of a river within the metropolis of guilin.

A rescue effort went on into the night time with forty survivors being pulled out.

Some 2 hundred rescuers have been sent to assist, the xinhua news enterprise reports.

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Groups compete at some stage in a dragon boat race in huangping in china's southern guizhou province in june 2017image copyrightafp
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Dragon boat racing is popular throughout asia
The twist of fate took place in which  flows of the river converge inflicting a powerful current, the cctv broadcaster stated.

Maximum of folks that went into the river had been no longer carrying lifestyles jackets, in step with media reviews.

The exercise session had been organised with out notifying police, and two organisers had been detained, they are saying.

Dragon boat racing is famous in numerous parts of asia, and the dragon boat festival is a traditional excursion in china, when races are held nationwide.