Family Outing Turns to Tragedy when Boat Sinks

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Tue Oct 30, 2018 7:54 am

Kandal province, Cambodia News: Three people are still missing after a family rented a boat for a day out on the Bassac river, at 5:30 pm on 29 October 2018. The missing victims are brothers and sisters in their teens, aged 12, 14, and 19.

The weather conditions are reported to have been difficult, and a strong gust of wind caused the boat to capsize. Two people from the boat were rescued immediately, but despite a desperate search operation, the relatives have still not been able to recover the bodies of the missing three. According to the mother, none of the children knew how to swim, or even float.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Wed Oct 31, 2018 10:12 am

Update: 31 October 2018
One of the children's bodies has been recovered four kilometers from where the boat sank, police say. They have asked the people living along the river to keep an eye out for the two missing bodies and report them to the police immediately.

Toxic Turtle · Post by **Toxic Turtle** » Wed Oct 31, 2018 10:40 am

Thats really, really sad. How terrible for the parents. RIP and lets hope pfd awareness and public education improves in the near future, eh?