Cambodian ferry capsizes killing 17: officialAn overloaded river ferry capsized in northeastern Cambodia killing 17 passengers, including two young boys, an official said Sunday. The ferry, travelling to a ceremony at a Buddhist temple, was crammed cram v. crammed, cram·ming, crams v.tr. 1. To force, press, or squeeze into an insufficient space; stuff. 2. To fill too tightly. 3. a. To gorge with food. with 30 people on board when the accident happened in Kratie province on Saturday night, said Kham Phoeun, governor of the province. The dead included two boys aged under five, he said. The bodies were recovered on Sunday morning Sunday Morning may refer to:
The other 13 passengers swam to safety after the ferry, which was designed to carry 20 people, capsized at around 8pm Saturday (1300 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) See UTC. GMT - Universal Time 1 ) on a branch of the Mekong River Mekong River Chinese Lancang Jiang or Lan-Ts'ang Chiang Longest river of Southeast Asia. Rising in southern Qinghai province, China, it flows south through eastern Tibet and across the highlands of Yunnan province. . "The accident happened because it was overloaded with passengers. There was no strong wind or anything, just a drizzle," Kham Phoeun added. 
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