Eight drown in Venezuelan boating accident .  MARACAIBO , Venezuela 1996-08-26  Eight members of a family , five of them children aged between two and seven , drowned when their small boat sank on [START_ENT] Lake Maracaibo [END_ENT] in western Venezuela early on Monday , authorities said .  The accident happened when the Sanchez Zarraga family took their boat out for a nighttime spin , Civil Defence and Coast Guard officials said .  The cause of the sinking was not known but officials said the boat had a hole in the stern and no lifejackets .  Three members of the party were rescued unhurt .
Eight drown in Venezuelan boating accident .  MARACAIBO , Venezuela 1996-08-26  Eight members of a family , five of them children aged between two and seven , drowned when their small boat sank on
Lake Maracaibo
in western Venezuela early on Monday , authorities said .  The accident happened when the Sanchez Zarraga family took their boat out for a nighttime spin , Civil Defence and Coast Guard officials said .  The cause of the sinking was not known but officials said the boat had a hole in the stern and no lifejackets .  Three members of the party were rescued unhurt .
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