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Moscow, July 31 (Itar-Tass) —— Six people were rescued from a pleasure boat, which sank in the Moskva River on Sunday.
Presently, Moscow branch of Russia’s EMERCOM find out how many people were on board.
A pleasure boat, the Lastochka, sank on the Moscow River at the Luzhnetskaya embankment after a collision with a barge at 00:58 Moscow time on Sunday.
Earlier, the press service reported there had been eight people on board.
Itar-Tass learned from law enforcement authorities that the boat had seen the barge too late.
“The navigator did not manage to escape the collision, and the boat sank within a minute,” the source said.
EMERCOM and the police continue the rescue operation at the Moskva river.