Beijing, Apr 22 (UNI) Seventeen people have died in a dragon boat accident in southern China thought to have been caused by strong current, according to the media reports here.
One of the long, narrow boats packed with paddlers overturned on Saturday and another arriving at the scene also capsized, TV pictures showed.
In total, almost 60 people were tipped into the water, on a stretch of a river in the city of Guilin.