Boat disaster after match in Peru

Lima - At least 14 people died when a boat carrying teachers and children home from a soccer match sank on a river in a remote…

Lima - At least 14 people died when a boat carrying teachers and children home from a soccer match sank on a river in a remote jungle region of central Peru, officials said yesterday.

The incident happened on Sunday on the Ene river, 190 miles east of Lima.

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