UPDATES NUMBER OF FATALITY, EDITS THROUGH STORY
By Alptekin Soykan, Emin Ileri, Metin Tokgoz
ISTANBUL (AA) - One person died after a coast guard boat capsized in the Bosphorus off Istanbul city’s Fatih district on Wednesday.
According to coastal safety sources, search-and-rescue teams rescued seven out of an eight-people boat crew, but the body of one remaining crewmember was recovered, identified as Sinan Goktas.
Istanbul Governor Vasip Sahin told reporters earlier that the boat crashed into a cargo carrier off Sarayburnu’s shores.
An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the deadly collision.
* Burcu Arik contributed to this report from Istanbul.