YANGON, April 7 (Xinhua) -- At least 20 passengers including 16 women were killed in a collision of two motor boats in Nga Wun River in southwestern Myanmar Friday night, sources with the Myanmar Fire Service said.
With about 60 passengers on board, a motor boat named Ngwe Jie Pwint collided with another one Nadi Shwe Zin loaded with stones near Pathein Taman Creek in the southwestern Ayayawaddy region at 8 p.m. local time (1330 GMT).
About 30 passengers escaped the collision unharmed, the sources said.
The accident was reportedly caused by failure of the lighthouse.
A rescue operation by authorities and local people was underway.
