TOKYO, June 9 (Xinhua) -- A man was confirmed dead on Sunday after a pleasure boat carrying three passengers overturned in Japan's eastern prefecture of Ibaraki, local media reported.
At about 12:30 p.m. local time, an emergency call was made reporting that a pleasure boat had capsized near the mouth of the Naka River in Ibaraki's Hitachinaka City, with individuals on board trapped inside, according to the Ibaraki Coast Guard Office and local fire department.
The rescue team managed to extract a male passenger in his 60s who was trapped inside about two hours later, but he was pronounced dead due to drowning after being rushed to the hospital, Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun reported.
The other two passengers, a man in his 40s and another in his 30s, thrown into the river upon capsizing, were both rescued shortly after the accident. One escaped unharmed, while the other sustained minor injuries.
According to Asahi Shimbun, the pleasure boat weighed 2.4 tons and measured 6.45 meters in length, and visibility was reported to be good at the time of the accident.
The exact cause of the capsizing was still under investigation. ■
