File photo taken on Feb. 1, 2016 shows refugees and migrants aboard the passenger ferry Blue Star Patmos arrive at the port of Piraeus, near Athens, Greece. Almost 6,000 refugees who registered at the islands of Lesbos and Chios arrived at the Port of Piraeus. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

ATHENS, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- An Afghan boy aged 10 lost his life on Saturday during a boat incident off the island of Lesvos in the Aegean Sea, while 65 other persons were rescued, Greek national news agency AMNA reported.

The boy was on board the boat with his parents and two younger sisters among other refugees and migrants illegally crossing from Turkey to Greece, and most likely was trampled when panicked passengers reacted when a European Border and Coast Guard Agency, or FRONTEX, vessel approached the boat, according to initial information by Greek Coast Guard sources.

According to the same sources, the refugees thought that the Bulgarian FRONTEX boat was Turkish and they would be returned to Turkey.

The boy was transferred unconscious to the hospital of Mytilene of Lesvos, but succumbed to his injuries.

His mother was saved by Greek Coast Guard officers when she tried to commit suicide by falling into Mytilene's port, AMNA reported.