One migrant has died and a dozen others rushed to hospital after a boat carrying people across the Sava River capsized in icy waters near Slavonski Brod in Croatia in the early hours of Thursday. Initial information from the Slavonski Brod Public Fire Department suggested a far higher death toll. Commander Ivan Vuleta said earlier in the morning that his crews had recovered eight survivors and three bodies from the river.

Hours later, after regrouping with all personnel, he acknowledged that the report had been incorrect. Only one fatality had been confirmed by his team, he said, and two additional rescued migrants had been found alive, one of them in critical condition. The confusion stemmed from operations unfolding at two separate locations along the river.

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