Dolphin-watch boat sinks students in sailing cutter

7:56 PM Sat 5 Feb 2011 GMT

'Outward Bound cutter collision - six students injured' .

A group of Outward Bound students on Marlborough Sound in the South Island of New Zealand got more adventure than they signed up for when their small cutter sailing boat was hit by a Dolphin Watch Ecotours boat. After the collision, the boat began sinking and the students ended up in the water, some of them injured. One student sustained a broken leg. Seven others had moderate injuries. People on other boats who witnessed the incident raced to rescue the students, all of whom were wearing life jackets. According to passengers on the dolphin watch boat, they had been about ...

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