Source : Perth Now news
Ten people have been injured, four of them critically, when a luxury yacht collided with a rigid inflatable boat off the French Mediterranean coast near Cannes, with a man in his mid-20s reported missing, the French Mediterranean maritime prefecture says.
The accident occurred about 11pm on Sunday in the Bay of Cannes to the west of the city, authorities said.
A total of 21 people were on board the two vessels: a 10-metre-long luxury yacht and the inflatable boat.
According to the newspaper Le Monde, several of those injured were teenagers.
The missing man was on board the inflatable boat, according to the television channel France 3.
A helicopter and several boats were deployed to search for him but the search was unsuccessful.
The cause of the collision was initially unclear.
