At least 27 dead with dozens more missing after boat capsizes in northwest Congo_我的网站
一 | KINSHASA, Congo -- A boat capsized in Congo’s northwest killing at least 27 people, and more than 70 others were missing, a senior government official said Saturday as rescuers searched frantically for survivors.The locally made boat capsized late Friday in the city of Mbandaka in Equateur Province as it transported more than 100 passengers along the Congo River to the town of Bolomba, according to Taylor Nganzi, deputy provincial governor.“Already 27 bodies of victims have been removed from the waters (and) transported to the morgue of the general hospital in Mbandaka,” said Nganzi, adding that an investigation to find out the cause of the accident had begun.The New Civil Society of Congo, a local civil society group, said 49 people died in the accident, which it said occurred after an engine failure. “Everything started to sink,” Jean-Pierre Wangela, president of the group, told reporters.The contradictory death tolls, which is common in such incidents in Congo, could not immediately be reconciled.Volunteers joined rescuers in the search for survivors and for bodies, while families mourned loved ones who were among the victims.“We are supervising the search for bodies with the river services and accompanied by the victims’ families,” said Nganzi.Boat accidents are common on the Congo River and on the nation’s lakes because of the prevalent use of makeshift boats that are often overloaded. The majority of the population in the country's northwest use the rivers to travel because of a lack of good roads and because it is a less expensive.The Congolese government had banned night travel throughout the country to avoid accidents, although many defy the directive.。 在浙江省温州市文成县,33037962号福彩站并不显眼,门面朴素,甚至容易被人匆匆错过。四年前,负责人王君君的想法很简单:“边带孩子边找点事做。”一句轻描淡写的话,道出了她投身福彩事业的初衷。如今,福彩站已成了周边居民、户外劳动者乃至过往游客口中那个“可以进去坐坐”的温暖去处。从“带娃宝妈”到福彩站长2021年,在家带孩子的王君君经朋友介绍,萌生了开一家福彩站的想法。“在家里闲着也是闲着,这样能多一份收入贴补家用。