Turkish ferry sinks; one killed

A ferry carrying 95 passengers and crew sank near Turkey's north-west port of Bandirma overnight, killing one person, the maritime authority said on Monday. Four people are missing. Fishermen joined rescue operations when the roll-on roll-off ferry, loaded with 73 trucks and two cars, went down in the Sea of Marmara shortly after leaving Bandirma for Istanbul.
Passengers said the ship sank in about 15 minutes and that many of those on board were asleep in their vehicles when it began to go down. "There is one dead, four missing and 90 rescued," Maritime Transport General Manager Ozkan Poyraz told Reuters. More than 30 of 89 injured were being treated in hospitals.
The Hayat N vessel had 27 crew on board.