The police announced this on Monday. The executive said 25 witnesses were interviewed in connection with the arrest. The river cruise ship flying the Swiss flag apparently collided with a motorboat near Veröce on Saturday. The captain is said to be an experienced skipper who is about to retire. He did not confess to the alleged crime. The police did not provide any information about the nationality of the arrested captain.
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The search for missing people continues, hope is dwindling
The search for the missing people continues. According to the civil protection agency, there is not much hope of finding them alive, the Hungarian online portal “infostart.hu” reported. Police and rescue teams continued to search in large numbers on Monday for the three men and two women who were in the boat.
Police believe the ship collided with a motorboat late Saturday evening near Veröce, 50 kilometers north of Budapest. A passenger on the motorboat then rescued himself to the shore with serious injuries. That same night, rescue workers recovered the bodies of a man and a woman. The ship continued sailing after the suspected collision. The police arrested him on Sunday in the town of Komarom, about 90 kilometers away. Damage could be seen on the ship’s hull.
According to media reports, the ship, which sails under the Swiss flag, was on its way from Budapest to Passau. There are said to have been 110 passengers on board.
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