(CNN) -- At least 13 people died and 11 were reported missing after a boat capsized Sunday in a southern India lake, authorities said.
Three people survived the accident on Pulicat Lake, about 36 miles north of Chennai, according to affiliate CNN-IBN.
V. Vanitha, senior superintendent of police in Thiruvallur district, said the private boat was on a pleasure trip.
Local fishermen were assisting divers and crews in the rescue and search mission, officials said.
The lake is in Tamil Nadu state, near the Bay of Bengal.
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