7月27日，尼日利亚尼日尔州希罗罗地区发生一起令人痛心的船只倾覆事故，至少13人死亡，数十人失踪。
据当地媒体报道，这艘木船载有约100名乘客，主要是妇女和儿童，正驶往Zumba市场参加每周一次的集市。
事故发生后，救援行动迅速展开，截至目前已有26人获救，但失踪人数仍因缺乏乘客清单而难以确认。
事故原因：超载或为罪魁祸首
尼日尔州紧急事务管理局官员Yusuf Lemu表示，事故可能由船只超载引发。
当地官员Isiyaku Akilu和船员工会成员Adamu Ahmad也指出，超载是此类事故的常见原因。
目前，救援队仍在全力搜寻幸存者和遇难者遗体，情况令人揪心。
呼吁关注：安全法规亟需加强
这起事故再次敲响警钟，尼日利亚亟需加强水路交通安全管理，完善法规执行，保障民众生命安全。我们将继续关注救援进展，并为遇难者及其家属祈祷。
英文原文
Thirteen People have died, and dozens have gone missing after a boat carrying 100 passengers capsized on Saturday in Niger state in north-central Nigeria as they reached the market, per authorities.
About 26 people, mainly women and children, were saved from the wooden boat, per Yusuf Lemu, an officer of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency.
Another local official, Isiyaku Akilu, stated that the boat driver who was saved could not confirm the exact number of people onboard.
The exact cause of the accident is yet to be determined; however, it is probably overloading.
Adamu Ahmad, a member of the boat drivers’ union, confirmed that the boat was overloaded.
He also added that it was a large wooden boat and that boat accidents have become frequent in Nigeria.
As efforts are being made to recover the bodies, this incident happened just 9 months after a boat carrying mainly women and children coming from a festival capsized and killed 60.
Rescue missions were briefly paused on Sunday to enable the custodian of the river to perform rituals ensuring a safe and successful rescue mission, said Akilu.
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