Police arrests captain and crew of the boat involved in collision

Maldives Police Service has arrested the captain and the crew of the boat involved in the collision with the launch travelling from Summer Island Resort.

Police said that the four crew members are expatriates and have been transferred to Immigration due an issue with their VISAs. And the boat captain has been remanded to police custody for ten days to investigate further.

The dangerous collision at sea took place around 8:30 p.m. last night while the boat was idle outside Reethirah Resort without any lights on and the launch out of Summer Island Resort collided with the boat since the captain of the launch did not see the vessel.

While 14 people were injured in the collision, 11 people are still in treatment at ADK Hospital.

Two of those people are on ventilators and one of them has gone through surgery for damage sustained to the head while the other has internal bleeding.

The front of the launch involved in the collision last night was completely destroyed.

According to sea transport regulations, every vessel travelling at night must have navigation lights turned on with some visibility.