The tugboat had been towing the unmanned barge back from the spill site in rough seas when the collision between them happened, the barge operator Taylor Smith Group said. The eight crew members abandoned ship. Four were later rescued and taken to shore. Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth visited the rescued sailors in hospital and said rescue teams were searching for the missing crew members, the BBC’s Yasine Mohabuth reports from the capital Port Louis
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