Congo: Over 80 Dead As Boat Capsizes On River Due To Engine Failure

According to the Associated Press, the statement quoting the president said that the locally made boat🌄 capsized late Monday in Maï-Ndombe province as it carried more than 100 passengers along the Kwa River.

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Updated on: 12 June 2024 9:21 pm

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In a tragic incident, over 80 travelers have died as a boat capsꩵized on a river near capital Kinshasa, said Congo's Pres𝕴ident Félix Tshisekedi.

Reportedly this 🐼is considered the latest deadly🍌 boat accident in the central African country where overloading is often blamed.

BREꦫAKING: A boaꦑt has capsized in western Congo, killing more than 80 people, the nation’s leader says.
— The Associated Press (@AP)

According to the Associated Press, the statement quotin🌄g the president said that the locally made boat capsized late Monday in Maï-Ndombe province as it carried mo𝔉re than 100 passengers along the Kwa River.

Later, the UN-backed Radio Okapi revealed that the boat was carrying 271 passenge🌺rs t𓃲o Kinshasa when it broke down due to an engine failure,

Eighty-six of the passengers died while 185 managed to swim ashore, some 70 kilometers (43 miles) near the closest city of ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚMushie.