A fishing boat sunk in Macao after colliding with a cargo ship Saturday night, leaving three people dead, according to authorities.

After the collision at 10:30 pm, the fishing boat's captain and four others aboard were rescued on Saturday by divers and boats dispatched by the Maritime Administration and Macao Customs Service. Three men, from the Chinese mainland, remained missing.

Their bodies were recovered around 1 pm on Sunday, several hours after divers were able to make their way past the filled nets and cargo cluttering the wreck of the capsized vessel, authorities said.