Over 40 people were in the cabin of the sunken boat off the coast of Odessa, rescuers continue the search for the eight others, said a spokesman of the main Directorate of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine in Odessa region Anna Pencheva on Sunday in the Ukrainian TV channel

on the first day weekend in the Black sea at coast of Odessa region overturned pleasure boat. According to the summary data, on the boat there were 36 people, 22 people were rescued, 18 of them were taken to medical uredinia, 14 people lost their lives. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk ordered to create a special Commission to investigate the circumstances of the accident. On Sunday in the area declared a mourning day.

According to the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, head of the legal Commission on inquiry of the disaster Gennady Zubko, since there are doubts in the truthfulness of the captain of the ship data on the number of people who were on the ship, the rescue operation has decided to hold until then, as long as the surface is raised the boat to ensure that the vessel no one else.

"inside, there were More than 40 people, 8 people still looking, At this time we can't say an exact number because there are rescue operations," said Penchev.

She added that during the detention of the captain he had no obvious signs of alcoholic intoxication, the response to this question will give the results of the examination, which is not yet complete.

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