TV grab shows police carrying a boat crash victim into an ambulanceSYDNEY (AFP) -- Six people were killed as a result of a boat crash in Australia's famed Sydney Harbour on Thursday when a fishing vessel slammed into an overcrowded cruiser apparently out on an illegal overnight joyride.
All eight other people aboard the cruiser were injured in the accident, which happened in the pre-dawn darkness not far from the city's iconic Harbour Bridge.
The dead included four women and two men ranging in age from their teens to 30. The early signs pointed to an evening of merry-making that went tragically wrong.
"This is every parent's nightmare," Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Australian radio.
"So much of Sydney's life and activity happens in and around the harbour. People go out to celebrate and have a good time, and for this to be the end of it is just breathtaking," he said. full story
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