Posted AT 12:18 PM EST on 22/03/06
Passengers, crew rescued in B.C. ferry sinking
Federal investigators were heading to the scene of a late-night ferry sinking on Wednesday after the vessel struck a rock and sank in choppy waters near British Columbia's Gil Island in Wright Sound.
The accident happened shortly after midnight. The 101 passengers and crew members aboard B.C. Ferries' Queen of the North were safely taken from the scene in lifeboats.
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