Two confirmed dead after tourist boat capsizes in Southwest China

KUNMING -- Two people had been confirmed dead and two others were still under medical treatment as of 8:30 pm Tuesday after a tourist boat capsized at a resort in Chuxiong city, Southwest China's Yunnan province.

The accident occurred at around 4:30 pm Tuesday at the Lianxiwan tourist resort in Donghua township, according to Chuxiong city's publicity department. Emergency rescue and firefighting forces have been dispatched to the scene.