Deadly boat accident in Slovenia when two large canoes decided to run over a dam under construction near Sevnica, a town some 50 miles south of the capital city Ljubljana. The accident spot in the dam, which is part of a hydroelectric station, the height of the dam matches the water level.

The local officials organized a canoe trip, calling it “The final descent”, as a last trip down the dam after which the river was to be blocked for hydroelectric purposes. Passengers were all Slovenians.

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