Police investigating the possibility that a collision led to the deaths of two people after a small boat sank in central Paris, detained the pilot and co-pilot of one of the large tourist boats that carry sightseers along the Seine river, officials said Sunday.
The smaller boat was carrying 12 people when it sank Saturday night in the heart of Paris near Notre Dame Cathedral.
Ten of those aboard were rescued immediately, but a 6-year-old child and an adult in the bottom of the boat were trapped underwater for several minutes before divers pulled them out.
The two, who French news reports said were a boy and his father, were hospitalized and then died overnight, police said.
The circumstances of the accident remained unclear.
Investigators say a collision between the two boats appeared the most likely cause of the accident, according to judicial officials. The Paris prosecutor's office opened an investigation into manslaughter and involuntary injury, the officials said.
The judicial officials were not authorized to be named because the investigation is under way.
Ten of those aboard were rescued immediately, but a 6-year-old child and an adult in the bottom of the boat were trapped underwater for several minutes before divers pulled them out.
The two, who French news reports said were a boy and his father, were hospitalized and then died overnight, police said.
The circumstances of the accident remained unclear.
Investigators say a collision between the two boats appeared the most likely cause of the accident, according to judicial officials. The Paris prosecutor's office opened an investigation into manslaughter and involuntary injury, the officials said.
The judicial officials were not authorized to be named because the investigation is under way.
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