1 dies, 25 injured in bus crash on Myanmar highway

Source: Xinhua| 2017-04-23 15:53:44|Editor: ying
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YANGON, April 23 (Xinhua) -- One person died and 25 others were injured when two passenger express buses collided on Yangon-Mandalay highway, the official Global New Light of Myanmar reported Sunday.

The collision took place on Saturday at about 01:30 a.m. local time.

Among 45 passengers on board one of the buses, one was killed on the spot with four injured. On the other vehicle which was carrying 60 people, 21 passengers were injured.

The injured have been brought to a nearby hospital for urgent treatment. Reckless driving was blamed for the accident.

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