Two dead and five missing after boat collision on the Danube in Hungary | World News

About 90 people are said to be taking part in a river and air search for the three missing men and two women.

Two people have died and five are missing after a boat collision on the Danube, Hungarian police said.

Officers found a man with a bleeding head on the shore near Veroce, about 30 miles (48 km) north of Budapest, on Saturday evening.

Police believe he is a survivor of the incident after the bodies of a man and a woman were found nearby.

A hotel boat with a damaged hull was stopped more than 50 miles (80 km) to the west at Komarom.

The Hungarian news site Blikk reported that it was 109 meters long and had collided with a motorboat. It was said that the hotel ship probably traveled from Budapest.

The wreckage of the smaller boat was found by rescue workers early Sunday morning and towed to shore.

Around 90 people are said to be involved in the search for the missing people – three men and two women – using boats, drones and thermal imaging cameras.

Criminal proceedings were initiated against an unnamed person on suspicion of killing and endangering water transport.

The stretch of river near Veroce where the survivor was found is about 1,500 feet (460 m) wide and is a popular recreational area.

It is also on the route that many cruise ships use between Budapest and the Austrian capital Vienna.

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The incident comes five years after 28 people – mostly South Korean tourists – were affected killed in Budapest when a boat rammed a smaller tourist ship and it sank within seconds.

The captain was found guilty of negligence and sentenced to five and a half years in prison.