Fifteen Indian tourists lost their lives after a boat overturned near Phu Quoc Island in Vietnam on Saturday. The vessel was carrying 36 people, including 32 Indian tourists, three crew members and one attendant, when it overturned amid rough seas and strong winds shortly after leaving Hon May Rut Ngoai island for An Thoi Port.
Nirmal Kumar, one of the survivors, described the terrifying sequence of events to NDTV. He said the vessel was a closed speedboat carrying 32 passengers and that it overturned within three minutes of setting off.
“We were travelling in the speedboat; it’s a closed boat, and around 36 people were inside it. Within three minutes of starting, it turned upside down. A strong storm hit the boat, and it flipped over,” he said.
He explained that passengers near the front managed to escape through a window, while those towards the back were not as fortunate. “About 20 of us came out of the boat by jumping through the window at the front. The 15 people at the back got stuck inside the boat, and they died,” he said.
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