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3 Dead, 16 Missing As Boat Capsizes In East Caribbean

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA – Three people died and 13 are missing after a boat capsized near the eastern Caribbean island of St. Kitts early Tuesday.

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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA – Three people died and 13 are missing after a boat capsized near the eastern Caribbean island of St. Kitts early Tuesday.

Authorities say the boat was carrying 32 passengers, 16 of whom were rescued.

Officials in Antigua are leading the search and said the majority of those rescued are from unidentified countries in Africa. It was not immediately clear where the people who died were from.

The boat sank about 40 miles northwest of Antigua.

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