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Ship swept by rushing river in Chongqing

2011-09-21 05:46:33 GMT2011-09-21 13:46:33(Beijing Time)  China Daily

A floating restaurant capsizes after colliding with another ship in Jialing River, Southwest China's Chongqing municipality, Sept 20, 2011. The collision occurred after the ship's cables broke in rushing currents as a flood peak swept the river, a tributary of Yangtze River. All 11 people on board fell into the water following the accident and all of them had been rescued later in the evening. [Photo/CFP]

A restaurant ship capsizes after colliding with another ship in Jialing River, Southwest China's Chongqing municipality, Sept 20, 2011. [Photo/CFP]

Two people struggle in the water after falling off the ship, Sept 20, 2011. [Photo/CFP]

A restaurant ship capsizes after colliding with another ship in Jialing River, Southwest China's Chongqing municipality, Sept 20, 2011. [Photo/CFP]

All of the people aboard the ship that capsized on Tuesday were rescued from the water, Sept 20, 2011. [Photo/CFP]

A floating restaurant capsized after colliding with another ship in Jialing River, Southwest China's Chongqing municipality, Sept 20, 2011.

The collision occurred after the ship's cables broke in rushing currents as a flood peak swept the river, a tributary of Yangtze River. All 11 people on board fell into the water following the accident and all of them had been rescued later in the evening.

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