More than 70 people were injured when two vessels collided Saturday evening on the Yangtze River near Chongqing Municipality, southwest China.

No death or missing cases have been reported till now, an official said Sunday.

The crash occurred on 20:20 Saturday night between a passenger ship and an oil tanker some two kilometers away from the Chuanwei Wharf in Changshou District of Chongqing.

More than 30 of the injured have been hospitalized for observation.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.

(Xinhua News Agency May 9, 2004)