Boat capsizes after reef collision.THE US Coast Guard says that a vessel carrying as many as 200 Haitian migrants has capsized near the Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands (kī`kōs), dependency of Great Britain (2005 est. pop. 20,600), 166 sq mi (430 sq km), West Indies. There are more than 30 cays and islands, of which only six are inhabited. . One survivor says the boat struck a reef as they tried to elude e·lude tr.v. e·lud·ed, e·lud·ing, e·ludes 1. To evade or escape from, as by daring, cleverness, or skill: The suspect continues to elude the police. 2. police. Petty Petty girl airbrushed beauty, scantily clad in Esquire’s pages. [Am. Lit.: Misc.] See : Sex Symbols Officer Third Class Sabrina Elgammal, a Coast Guard spokeswoman in Miami, says that about 70 passengers are stranded on a reef and four bodies have been recovered. The rest of the passengers are missing and feared dead. Survivor Alces Julien said the boat had been at sea for three days when passengers saw a police vessel and steered the boat onto a reef as they tried to hide yesterday. PO Elgammal said information from survivors indicates that between 160 and 200 people were on board when the vessel capsized near the island chain. |
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