1st Ld: Ship carrying 400 people sinks in Yangtze River
Xinhua, June 2, 2015 Adjust font size:
A passenger ship carrying more than 400 people sank Monday night in the Hubei section of China's Yangtze River.
The ship, named Dongfangzhixing (Eastern Star), sank at around 9:28 p.m. in the Jianli (Hubei Province) section of the Yangtze River.
It was heading from Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, to southwest China's Chongqing city.
Resue work is under way. Endi