At least 13 migrants died after boat collision off Turkey coast

An official at the agency says that eight people had been rescued following Sunday's incident. He said search-and-rescue operations were ongoing.

• By: AP
• Athens | September 20, 2015 05:44 PM IST
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Coast guard officials say 13 migrants have died after their boat collided with a ferry off the Turkish coast.

Turkey’s coast guard agency said in a statement to its website that it intervened after being alerted that a commercial vessel hit a migrant boat off the western port city of Canakkale and that bodies were in the water.

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An official at the agency says that eight people had been rescued following Sunday’s incident. He said search-and-rescue operations were ongoing.

Further details about the crash were not immediately available.

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