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Two boats collide on Lake Toba, four missing
Two tourist vessels crashed in the waters of Lake Toba off Tomok, North Sumatra, on Sunday, four are missing and dozens sustained injuries
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wo tourist vessels crashed in the waters of Lake Toba off Tomok, North Sumatra, on Sunday, four are missing and dozens sustained injuries.
The collision occurred shortly before Lake Toba Festival on Samosir island opened at around 10:30 a.m. local time on Sunday.
Samosir Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Doni Damanik confirmed that the two ships ' Tao Toba I and KM Yola ' had collided.
'Tao Toba I passenger ferry was en route from Tomok to Parapat while the other vessel, KM Yola, had departed from Parapat and was heading to Tomok,' Doni told The Jakarta Post in Samosir, on Sunday.
He said four of KM Yola's passengers ' Uji, 23, and Sandi, 20, both from Medan and Susiono, 30, and Ujang, 28, from Deli Serdang ' ended up in the lake following the collision. They are all still unaccounted for.
When questioned about the cause of the accident, Doni said it was likely both vessels were overcapacity. The captains have both been detained. (ebf)
