Two missing after boat capsizes in Thames

A search was under way today for two missing men after a boat carrying six passengers capsized, emergency services in Britain said.

Rescuers were called after the vessel overturned on a stretch of the river Thames near Shepperton, Surrey, yesterday evening.

Four people – three women and one man – were taken to Frimley Park Hospital with minor injuries, South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Trust said.

A spokeswoman said: “A boat with six people in it capsized last night. We were asked to attend and conveyed four people to hospital. Two men were missing last night.”