Police and Navy officers are searching for
14 people who went missing in waters in the northern part of the Thousand
Islands regency, Jakarta,
after a tugboat collided with a cargo ship early on Thursday morning.
Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Zulkarnain told Antara news agency that 12
other people had been rescued in the incident.
Zulkarnain explained that the Rimba III cargo ship was carrying cement from
Tanjung Priok seaport bound for Kalimantan when it collided with Harapan Indah
VII tugboat travelling from Lampung to Marunda in North Jakarta, near Damar Island
at around 3:00 a.m.
Jakarta Police has sent seven patrol boats to the area to help search for the missing
people, he said. (dre)
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