A cargo ship loaded with 260 tons of sulfuric acid sank and capsized in Yangzte River at wee hours of Sunday. (Photo: Xinhua)

    BEIJING, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- A cargo ship loaded with 260 tons of sulfuric acid sank and capsized in Yangzte River at wee hours of Sunday.

    The ship capsize has so far not resulted in any deaths and contamination in any water space by the press time thanks to prompt rescue effort, according to sources with the China Maritime Rescue Center in Beijing.

    The ship named Susuqian No. 498 was a transporting vessel from Suqian City of east China's Jiangsu Province. It ran into reefs and sank with three people aboard around 03:40 am Sunday.

    The China Maritime Rescue Center soon organized a rescue team for rescuing the three people on board and containing pollution. And an emergency mechanism has been launched in the locality to cope with the accident.

    One of the three people has been rescued and sent to hospital, and the two others remain missing. Three vessels from the local maritime affairs department are still searching for them.

    The sulfuric acid has not been leaked into the river so far, and the rescuing vessels have come to brace themselves for liftingthe sunken ship out of the water, sources with the rescue center said. Enditem