Seventeen people have been rescued and one person is missing after a speedboat capsized in Indonesia on Monday, July 14, according to reports.

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Eleven people are missing and 7 others have survived after a speedboat capsized off the coast of the Mentawai Islands in Indonesia's West Sumatra province on Monday. Following the report, the search and rescue office deployed one rigid inflatable boat and one ship with rescue personnel to the scene.

Indonesia's Transportation Ministry reported that waves reaching four meters in height had caused a wooden speedboat carrying 18 people to capsize in the

Some 17 people survived and one is still missing after a speedboat capsized off the coast of Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands in the West Sumatra province in bad weather, marking the second such disaster this month, the local rescue agency said Tuesday.

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Mentawai Islands Regent Rinto Wardana stated that the boat was operating over its maximum capacity when the accident occurred.