Five drown in underground lake

Five people drowned when a boat carrying tourists through Europe’s largest underground lake overturned in Austria today, dumping the 32 passengers and crew into chilly waters.

Five people drowned when a boat carrying tourists through Europe’s largest underground lake overturned in Austria today, dumping the 32 passengers and crew into chilly waters.

The accident happened during a tour of the Hunterbruehl Grotto, a popular cave featuring a vast, shallow subterranean lake at Moedling.

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