The ship was covered in the southwestern Congo and killed 25 people, many of whom are football players, the authorities said on Monday.
On Sunday night, the players returned from the match at Mushie City in the MAI-NDDABA province, when the fruit was covered with the KWA River, said Alexis Mput, a provincial spokesman.
Mput suggested that poor visibility was a factor at night.
Deadly accidents on board are common in the central African country, where late -night travel and overcrowded vessels are often blamed. Authorities struggled to perform naval regulations.
Rivers in Congo are the main transportation for their more than 100 million people, especially in remote areas where infrastructure is bad or non -existent.
Hundreds were killed in boat traffic sites, as more people leave several available roads for wooden vessels full of passengers and their goods.
