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Myanmar: express bus overturn kills eight, injures 25

A total of eight passengers were killed and 25 others injured in an express bus overturn on Myanmar's Yangon-Mandalay highway on March 5, said the country’s Highway Police Office.
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Hanoi (VNA) - A total of eight passengers werekilled and 25 others injured in an express bus overturn on Myanmar'sYangon-Mandalay highway on March 5, said the country’s Highway Police Office.

The accident occurred at 6am when the high-class express bustravelling from Kale town, Sagaing region to Yangon crashed into the highwayguardrails and overturned due to a flat tire. There were 42 passengers aboardat that time.

The crash left some seriously injured who were brought to anearby township hospital.-VNA
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