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A woman who survived a shipwreck rests at the Elupina Cordero Hospital after being rescued from the sea in Sabana de la Mar, Dominican Republic, Saturday Feb. 4, 2012. An overloaded boat carrying migrants from the Dominican Republic overturned in the pre-dawn darkness Saturday off the coast of the Dominican Republic, killing at least 10 people and leaving dozens missing, officials said. Authorities said there were as many as 60 people on board, and they were apparently headed to Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Manuel Antonio Vega, Listin Diario) NO PUBLICAR EN LA REPUBLICA DOMINICANA

An official says 15 bodies have been recovered after an overloaded boat carrying migrants from the Dominican Republic overturned off the country's coast.

Dr. Frank Tavarez is the director of a hospital where 10 survivors are being treated, and he told The Associated Press on Sunday that the bodies of 11 men and four women have been found so far.

Rescuers are searching by sea and air for roughly 40 more migrants pitched overboard early Saturday when a crowded smuggler's boat capsized off the coast of the Caribbean island country.

The migrants had left from near the northeast town of Nagua and were apparently headed to the U.S. island of Puerto Rico, a frequent destination for migrants from the Dominican Republic.