Tugboat Accident Kills 2 GIs

LISBON — Two U.S. servicemen fell overboard and were killed today in an accident involving three U.S. army tugboats off the port of Praia de Vitoria in the Azores archipelago, a U.S. Embassy official said.

A third person was injured, the official said. The two servicemen, whose identities were not disclosed pending notification of next of kin, died 1 1/2 miles east of Praia de Vitoria, off the island of Terceira, said the embassy official in Lisbon. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the accident occurred when a new tugboat was towing two old boats out to sea at the beginning of a voyage to Britain for repairs.