The captain of a cruise ship, a Czech national, has been ordered to stay at his place of residence in Hungary until September 22 over charges of alleged negligence in a fatal accident on the Danube river that claimed two lives over the weekend, a Budapest regional court said. The captain was taken into custody on Monday after his ship had collided with a small motor boat near Verőce, north of Budapest, in the night of May 18. A man and a woman out of the eight passengers on board the boat died while another male passenger who swam ashore survived the accident. A search is still under way for the remaining five passengers, three men and two women. Police have launched proceedings against the cruise ship’s captain over negligence leading to several deaths and other crimes. The Czech national has a residence registered in Hungary.
Meanwhile, Budapest police BRFK said that body of a young man, who was on board the small boat has been recovered. The body was discovered between Vác and Sződliget. The 19-year-old man is the third victim of the collision that has already claimed the lives of a man and a woman. A search is still under way for another two men and two women. Out of the altogether eight adults who were on board the motor boat one male passenger sustained head and shoulder injuries but survived and swam ashore. He was later found disoriented on the river bank at Verőce. The man received urgent medical care and was taken to hospital.