A ferry carrying 116 passengers has sunk off the coast of Guyana.
At least 66 people have been rescued from the MV Barima, which departed the capital, Georgetown, for Port Kaituma shortly after 3 pm on Saturday.
Guyana’s coast guard received a distress call at around 11 pm and responded alongside private vessels.
Prime Minister Mark Phillips told AFP that the search and rescue operation would continue in the daylight and that he expected the number of rescued people to go up. He shared an update and photos of the rescue operation on Facebook.
Juan Edghill, a government minister, said in a video posted on Facebook that medical teams had been sent to the area to care for survivors brought ashore by the coast guard and other rescue vessels.
