Brazilian rescuers have recovered the bodies of 14 people, who were killed in a ship accident in the Amazon River, local media said on Friday citing rescue sources.
The Almirante Barroso capsized late on Monday near the remote jungle city of Monte Alegre, apparently after hitting a sand spit.
About 100 passengers managed to swim to safety. One woman is still listed as missing. A team of divers and a helicopter are continuing search efforts.
Rescuers say the vessel might have been overloaded with passengers and luggage, which caused it to capsize.
Some 80 people drowned last year in eight major shipwrecks in the Amazon River basin. In one of the deadliest similar accidents in the area, 48 people died in May 2008 when the Comandante Sales boat sank in the Solimoes River, one of the Amazon's largest tributaries.
RIO DE JANEIRO, December 25 (RIA Novosti)
