Ten rescued from Yangtze tributary boat accident

Rescuers search for missing people at the boat capsizing area in Wushan County of Chongqing, southwest China, July 29, 2016. The private boat capsized at about 5:40 p.m. in Wushan County where the Daning River meets the Yangtze. Ten people have been rescued. The cause of the accident remains unknown. (Xinhua)

CHONGQING, July 29 -- Ten people have been rescued after a boat capsized on a tributary of the Yangtze River in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality Friday afternoon.

The private boat capsized at about 5:40 p.m. in Wushan County where the Daning River meets the Yangtze, the Wushan County government said in a statement.

Earlier, it said 12 people were on board, but this was revised to 10.

Boat owner Hu Wanbao is the subject of a police investigation.

The survivors said it was not raining when the boat capsized but the water was high following recent flooding.