26 REPORTED DEAD IN FERRY DISASTER At least 26 people died when a car ferry struck a pier as it left Belgium for Britain, a nurse who took part in the rescue operation said. Jan Van Moerbeke, a male nurse, said on coming off the Herald of Free Enterprise that he had found six people on top of the vessel who were dead. There were at least another 20 dead inside the boat, he added. The governor of West Flanders province said 240 people were still unaccounted for.