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Two dead and child missing after boats collide off Dutch coast

Two dead and child missing after boats collide off Dutch coast

Two people have died and a child is missing after two boats collided off the Dutch coast.

A ferry boat and a smaller water taxi crashed in the Wadden Sea on Friday morning, local officials told ANP, a Dutch news agency.

All seven people aboard the smaller boat fell into the water.

Four were rescued shortly afterwards.

The authorities gave no details about what caused the incident.