Minimal hope for more survivors in Hungary boat accident - ambulance

A general view shows the tourist vessel Viking Sigyn which was involved in a ship accident that killed several people on the Danube river in Budapest, Hungary, May 30, 2019. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo - Copyright BERNADETT SZABO(Reuters)

By Reuters

Published on 30/05/2019 - 09:32•Updated 09/12/2019 - 11:07

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BUDAPEST (Reuters) – There is minimal hope to find more survivors in the Danube river after a boat carrying South Korean tourists capsized on the flooding Danube in the Hungarian capital on Wednesday, a spokesman for the national ambulance service said.

“As an ambulance spokesman, I am not inclined to say there is no hope, so I would rather say there is a minimal chance (to find more survivors),” Pal Gyorfi told state television on Thursday.

There are still around 20 people missing.

(Reporting by Gergely Szakacs; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)

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