South Korean ship crew die of food poisoning off Indian coast

Saturday, February 14, 2009, 12:45 [IST]

Kanyakumari (TN), Feb 14 (ANI): Four crewmembers of a South Korean freighter ship off the Tamil Nadu coast died of food poisoning, officials said on Friday.

On receiving SOS signals the Indian Coastguard rushed to the ship alongwith a medical team.

The ship with 30 crewmembers and huge quantity of cattle feed from South Korea was on its way to Singapore via the Indian coast.

All the crewmembers and the dead were taken to the Kanyakumari government hospital for further investigation.

The Kanyakumari police have registered a case and further investigation is on. (ANI)

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