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Wed 12 Dec 2009None of 10 passengers aboard boat was wearing life belts, inquest told
NONE OF the 10 people on board a small boat was wearing life belts when it overturned while making a night-time crossing to an island off the west Cork coast, an inquest into the death of one passenger heard yesterday.
Swiss national, Alain Adler (56) was one of a group of 10 friends who were thrown into the sea when their boat was swamped by waves while making its way from Colla Pier to Coney Island in Schull Harbour early on December 5th 2008.
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