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Three people, including two children dead as tourist boat capsizes in Ecuador

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Ecuadorian coast guards have confirmed the death of three people including two young children, when a tourist boat capsized in central Ecuador on Sunday.

The coast guard officials, in a statement on Monday, said they were investigating what caused the capsizing of the boat on the Colta Lagoon, in the Andean province of Chimborazo around 200 kilometers (120 miles) south of Quito.

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The South American country’s Integrated Security Service, ECU-911, in a statement, said among the deceased were a five-month-old newborn, a three-year-old minor and a 53-year-old woman.

The coast guards said about 40 other passengers were rescued from the lagoon by a search and rescue crew.

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