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Myanmar soldiers and members of a rescue team carry the body of a passenger after a ferry sank in the Nga Wun River in Pathein with at least 20 dead<br><br>At least 20 people were killed when a boat carrying scores of wedding guests collided with a river barge at night in western Myanmar, authorities said Saturday, with more feared drowned as rescue workers renewed their search in daylight.<br><br>Most of the dead were women, according officials, who said the boat sank Friday [http://www.glamour.de/content/search/?SearchText=evening evening] on a river in Pathein, a port city west of the commercial capital Yangon.<br><br>"Altogether 16 women and four men were killed in the boat accident," [http://Www.Travelwitheaseblog.com/?s=regional%20MP regional MP] Aung Thu Htwe told AFP Saturday morning.<br><br>"We estimate nine people are still missing," he said, adding that some 30 people had been rescued alive the night before.<br><br>The boat was believed to be carrying between 60 and 80 people when it sank, according to state media and a local police officer.<br><br>"They were crossing to the other side of the river after attending a wedding in Pathein. Most of them were relatives from the same village," said the police officer, who requested anonymity.<br><br>Both boats were unlit when they collided in the middle of the river, he added.<br><br>Photos in local media showed rescuers working in the darkness on Saturday night to lay the bodies of the dead onshore.<br><br>Local authorities and red cross workers resumed the search operation this morning, the police officer said.<br><br>"We will do search and rescue for the whole day," he told AFP.<br><br>Fatal boat accidents are common in Myanmar, where many people living along its flood-prone rivers rely on often overcrowded ferries for transport.<br><br>It often takes several days before all of the bodies are retrieved.<br><br>Last October 73 people, including many teachers and students, died when their packed vessel capsized in central [https://www.myanmartour.com/adventure_myanmar_tours_tl302.html Myanmar Adventure Tours] on the Chindwin River.<br><br>Earlier that year in April at least 21 people, including nine children, died after their boat sank off the coast of [https://www.myanmartour.com/adventure_myanmar_tours_tl302.html cycling myanmar]'s western state of Rakhine.<br><br>Around 60 people died the year before, in March 2015, when their ferry went down in the same treacherous waters off of Rakhine.