Vietnamese sailor injured in boat collision

By Kang Aa-young

A Vietnamese sailor has been injured when a five-ton fishing boat collided with a 115-ton cleaning vessel off Yeosu on Sunday night, the Jeonnam Yeosu Coast Guard said Monday.

The collision happened when the bigger boat was heading to the dock and the smaller one was on its way to sea.

The crews of four rescue boats pulled the sailors from the water. A Vietnamese sailor, 40, was taken to hospital with facial injuries.

The coast guard is checking whether the sailors were drunk