At least 20 people were killed when a boat carrying scores of wedding guests capsized in Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta, officials said, with more feared drowned as rescue workers renewed their search in daylight. Thirty people were rescued after the ferry Ngwe Kyare Pwint capsized in the Ngawun River, an Irrawaddy tributary, at around 7:30pm Friday, police officer Nay Lin Tun said. Police said around 66 people were on the ferry, which capsized after colliding with a boat carrying gravel. The ferry was travelling from Pathein to Yakhinekone village. Some 60 passengers on the ferry were returning from a wedding when it collided with another boat in the Irrawaddy Delta. Fatal boat accidents are common in Myanmar, where many people living along its flood-prone rivers rely on often overcrowded ferries for transport. Last October 73 people, including many teachers and students, died when their packed vessel capsized in central Myanmar on the Chindwin River.
Twenty people have died and more than a dozen missing after a ferry capsizes in Myanmar's Irrawaddy River delta.