FILE PHOTO: A dredge is seen near a tourist boat accident site in the Danube river in Budapest, Hungary, June 7, 2019. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian salvage crews prepared on Monday to raise the wreck of a pleasure boat that capsized on the Danube river in Budapest, killing 26 South Korean tourists and two local crew.
The Mermaid sank after a large Swiss-owned cruise liner struck it from behind on May 29 as both vessels passed under a 19th century bridge in the Hungarian capital during heavy rain.
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