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 GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - A pioneering, biodiesel-fueled powerboat trying to set a speed record for circling the globe collided with a fishing skiff off Guatemala's Pacific coast, leaving one fisherman missing and another seriously injured, the military said Monday.
The 78-foot trimaran's captain, Peter Bethune, said he dove into the water after the accident to try to rescue the fisherman who is now missing. "The crew is unhurt, but we are all very upset," he told The Associated Press in a phone interview.
Army spokesman Daniel Dominguez said authorities were searching for the 51-year-old fisherman, Julio David Galiano Contreras.
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