BUDAPEST — A boat capsized and sank in the Danube River in Budapest just before midnight on Wednesday, leaving at least seven people dead and as many as 19 unaccounted for, officials said.

Under heavy rainfall, rescuers managed to bring 14 people to shore, the state television news broadcaster M1 reported. Speaking to reporters early Thursday, a representative for the National Ambulance Service said that seven people had died.

[The sinking is the deadliest boating accident in Hungary in the past 75 years. Read about developments here.]

Including passengers and crew, there were three dozen or more people on board the boat, M1 reported.