Four tourists fall overboard into Bosphorus

Four tourists fall overboard into Bosphorus

ISTANBUL
Four tourists fall overboard into Bosphorus

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Four Indian tourists fell overboard into the Bosphorus today when the platform on which they were standing to take photographs on a tour boat collapsed, daily Hürriyet has reported.

The tourists, including a woman, climbed onto the platform to take photos as the boat neared Istanbul’s Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge.

Fishing boats rushed to rescue the tourists and take them to shore.

Three of the tourists were transported to nearby hospitals after paramedics arrived.