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A collision between a speed boat carrying migrants and a Greek coast guard patrol vessel off the eastern Aegean island of Chios has killed at least 15 people, the coast guard said late Tuesday.
India Today reports that a search and rescue operation involving patrol boats, a helicopter and divers was underway for potentially missing people.
The bodies of 14 people were recovered from the sea, according to the coast guard. 25 migrants, including about 11 children, were a
escued and transported to a hospital on Chios, as were two coast guard officers who were also injured in the incident.
One of the injured women layter died in hospital, according to the coast guard.
Although the total number of people who had been on board the speedboat was not immediately clear, a search and rescue operation involving four patrol vessels, an air force helicopter and a private boat carrying divers was arranged for potentially missing passengers.
