Verőce boat accident victim found far from the crash site

The body of the sixth victim in a boat accident that happened on the River Danube at Verőce last weekend has been recovered, police said on Facebook on Sunday.

The man’s body was discovered near Szigetújfalu (on Csepel Island), the Budapest Police Headquarters (BRFK) said. In the accident the victims’ boat collided with a cruise ship. One of the boat’s eight passengers managed to swim ashore, six died and one is still missing.

The cruise ship’s captain, a Czech national, was detained on suspicion of failing to provide help to the boat after the collision. An investigation has found that the helmsman of the boat was drunk, steering the boat zig-zagging across the river, and straight in the direction of the ship. Before hitting the ship the boat took a sharp turn but a collision could not be avoided, the ship crushing the much smaller vessel, the police said.

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