100 confirmed dead on sunken Russia cruise boat

KAZAN, Russia - A government statement says the death toll from Sunday's sinking of a cruise vessel on the Volga River has risen to 100.

The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said in a statement Wednesday that some 200 divers are still scouring the river for the bodies of 29 more people that remain missing.

Officials said Tuesday that the 55-year-old double-decker boat, the Bulgaria, was overloaded when it sank, but they have not yet determined the cause of the incident.

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Investigators cited survivors' reports saying the boat was listing to starboard and having engine trouble even as it left the town of Bulgar en route to Kazan, about 450 miles east of Moscow.

A criminal negligence investigation was opened Tuesday into the sinking, and two ships that allegedly sailed past the tragedy without bothering to help.