Negara (ANTARA News) - As many as 48 passengers of the LCT Rafelia II, which sank in Bali Strait on Friday, have been evacuated, but a dozen others were still missing, police said.

The ill-fated ship, manned by 14 crew members, carried six-internship vocational school students of SMK Pelayaran Kalipuro, Banyuwangi, several trucks and pick up cars, in addition to 72 passengers, the coastal police said.

Three out of the 48 passengers were rushed to hospital for treatment, the police said, adding that the Search and Rescue (SAR) team continued to search for the missing victims.

The LCT Rafelia II sank near the Ketapang harbor in the waters of Banyuwangi District, East Java, after allegedly suffering leakage.

In the meantime, Adjunct Senior Commissioner Djoni Widodo of Jembrana Police Precinct, said his side has deployed a number of coastal police personnel to help search for the victims.

(Reported by Gembong Ismadi/Uu.INE/KR-BSR/B003)

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