4 missing after second ship collision off E. China in less than 24 hours

Four people remain missing after two fishing boats collided off the waters of Yancheng, east China's Jiangsu Province.

The incident took place at around 2:00 a.m. Beijing time on Sunday.

Five people have been rescued and the emergency services team is still searching for the missing people.

It is the second collision off China's eastern coast in less than 24 hours. The first one took place in Fujian Province at around 5:30 a.m. local time on Saturday resulting in at least four deaths.

(CGTN)