3 Die, 2 Missing After Tugboat Sinks Off Southern Italy

3 Die, 2 Missing After Tugboat Sinks Off Southern Italy
A Croatian Coast Guard vessel at sea during rescue operations on May 19, 2022. Italian Coast Guard via AP/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
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ROME—Three people died and two were still missing after a tugboat sank off the southern Italian coast while pulling a pontoon on a route between Italy and Albania, the coastguard said on Thursday.

The Franco P tugboat sent an alarm signal on Wednesday evening, while sailing some 50 nautical miles (92.6 km) off the city of Bari, an Italian coastguard statement said.