At least four people have been reported dead following the sinking of an oil barge operated by a contractor of Venezuela's

CARACAS/MARACAIBO - At least two people died and four were declared missing following the sinking of an oil barge operated by a contractor of Venezuelan state-run energy company PDVSA at Lake Maracaibo,

At least four fatalities have been reported after an oil barge, operated by a contractor of Venezuela's state-run energy company PDVSA, sank in Lake Maracaibo. Another 19 individuals have been rescued as of Thursday morning.

CARACAS: At least two people died and four others are missing after a service barge used in the maintenance of oil wells sank in Lake Maracaibo, in western Venezuela's Zulia state.