Collision between migrant speedboat, Greek coast guard vessel leaves at least 14 dead
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A collision between a speedboat carrying migrants and a Greek coast guard patrol vessel off the eastern Aegean island of Chios late Tuesday has killed at last 14 people, the coast guard said. A search and rescue operation involving patrol boats, a helicopter and divers was underway in the area.
The coast guard said another 24 migrants were rescued and transported to a hospital on Chios, as were two coast guard officers who were injured in the incident. It was unclear how many of the survivors transported to the hospital had been injured.
The coast guard said it was not immediately clear how many people had been on the speedboat, and a search and rescue operation was underway for potentially missing passengers.
Video footage by a local news site showed at least one person being carried in a blanket from a coast guard boat moored on the side of a jetty into a waiting coast guard vehicle with blue flashing lights, as others appear to lead two children toward the car.