One Student Drowns, Four Others Missing After Boat Capsizes
PENANG, Jan 17 (Bernama) -- A student drowned and four others are missing after a dragon boat carrying 18 students capsized in waters about 500 metres off Pengkalan Weld here on Sunday, police said.
Timur Laut deputy police chief Supt Gan Kong Meng said 12 of the students swam to shore while one was plucked out of the sea following the incident at about 8am.
The students, all aged 16 or 17 years, from Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Chung Ling, Air Itam, here were training for a dragon boat race when the boat was hit by waves, he said.
"One student was found dead but has yet to be identified," he told reporters here.
A search-and-rescue team comprising personnel from various security units and the Civil Defence Department were scouring the sea for the missing students, he said.
Gan said the boat apparently capsized when the students were trying to turn it around.
He said preliminary investigation showed that several of the students had not worn life jackets.
-- BERNAMA
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