One dead, 36 missing after ferry capsizes off Sumatra

A passenger ferry capsized in rough waters off the coast of Sumatra, leaving one dead and 36 missing, officials said today.

The Tri Star I was believed to have been carrying 58 crewmen and passengers when it sank last night in an estuary of the Musi River, about 300 miles north-west of the capital, Jakarta, said Saidini Ali, the chief provincial transportation official.