13 killed as Navy speedboat collides with ferry near Gateway of India

Thirteen people, including three Navy personnel and 10 civilians, died after a boat carrying 110 people capsized on Wednesday off the Mumbai coast as a Navy speedboat crashed into it, Report informs via India Today.

Out of the 108 people rescued, four are in critical condition, and a search is still on for many.

The boat, named Neelkamal, was ferrying passengers from the Elephanta Islands, a popular tourist destination near Mumbai, to the Gateway of India, and was hit by a Navy speedboat that had lost control.

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