ATHENS, Greece — A lady died when a ship carrying no less than 41 migrants crashed on a rocky coast on the Greek island of Leros Sunday, authorities stated.

Greece’s coast guard stated they have been alerted by an individual who noticed a physique floating at sea. Three vessels and a helicopter, joined by a detachment that went overland, reached the purpose and retrieved the physique, an unconscious boy and 39 different individuals, six of whom had made it to the rocky coast.

An inflatable boat was discovered half submerged.

Eight individuals, six of them minors, have been hospitalized early within the afternoon, whereas the remainder have been taken to a reception camp to be sheltered.

Gale drive winds are blowing within the space and it’s raining, authorities stated.

A coast guard spokeswoman instructed the Related Press that the kid discovered unconscious at sea was revived on the hospital and has a weak pulse. Hospital officers didn’t reply to inquiries concerning the well being of the hospitalized migrants.

Minister of Delivery and Island Coverage Ioannis Plakiotakis congratulated the rescuers however accused “prison networks of traffickers that function from Turkey, tolerated by the Turkish authorities” of abandoning the migrants.

Leros lies near the Turkish coast. Boats loaded with migrants — many inflatables but in addition yachts and speedboats — frequently go away Turkey sure for Greece, with some even trying to succeed in Italy, regardless of climate circumstances.