June 25 (UPI) -- Colombian authorities said nine people died and more than 30 were missing after a tourist boat sank in a reservoir near the city of Medellin on Sunday.
Witnesses said the boat broke in two and the captain told passengers to go to one side of the ship, which was carrying more than 150 passengers. " It sank extremely quickly. It all happened in a few minutes," said fire service captain Luis Bernardo Morales. "What we have seen in the videos is that the boat was very close to the port ... and we do not know whether it was a mechanical failure, an overloading or something to do with the currents that caused it to sink."