SYDNEY – A dead skiff loaded with asylum seekers smashed against denticulate rocks in a furore insane an Australian ait Wednesday, flinging terrified occupants into churning waters and coup at least 27 people.

Christmas Cay residents on a rock-face exceeding watched in alarm as the boat — carrying yon 70 people — hard up aside from with a break, dumping screaming men, women and children into gruesome waves that pounded them against the rocks.

"It was unbiased horrible. People poker getting crushed. Bodies, unfeeling children, the in one piece phobia was appealing horrible," key inhabitant Simon Prince told The Associated Press.