48 bodies recovered after ferry capsizing on Myanmar river
YANGON, Myanmar — Rescue teams found 48 bodies through Wednesday and were searching for other victims from a crowded ferry boat that capsized during a nighttime run on a river in central Myanmar last Saturday, officials said.
The boat that was running on the Chindwin river between Monywa and Homalin townships in the Sagaing region carried more than 250 passengers.
“It is confirmed that 48 bodies have been found (through) today, the rescue teams are still looking for missing bodies but we don’t know how many exactly passengers were on the boat,” local official Myo Nyunt Tun said.
Authorities said 158 people were rescued and the teams of rescuers were searching for more bodies.