Six killed, 12 injured in express bus crash in Myanmar's Mandalay region

FILE PHOTO: an express bus traveling from Pyin Oo Lwin to Mandalay had brake failure and collided head-on with a van traveling in the opposite direction. - Eleven Media/ANN

YANGON: Six people were killed and 12 others injured in a road accident in Myanmar's Mandalay region on Saturday (Oct 24), according to the Myanmar Fire Services Department.

The accident occurred at around 6:05 p.m. local time on a downhill section of the Pyin Oo Lwin-Mandalay road in Pyin Oo Lwin township, when an express bus traveling from Pyin Oo Lwin to Mandalay had brake failure and collided head-on with a van traveling in the opposite direction, the department said.

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资料照片：一辆从彬乌伦开往曼德勒的快车刹车失灵，与一辆迎面驶来的面包车迎头相撞。——Eleven Media/ANN

仰光：据缅甸消防部门消息，周六（10月24日），缅甸曼德勒地区发生一起交通事故，造成6人死亡，12人受伤。

事故发生在当地时间下午 6 点 05 分左右，地点位于彬乌伦镇彬乌伦至曼德勒公路的下坡路段。交通部门表示，一辆从彬乌伦开往曼德勒的长途巴士刹车失灵，与一辆迎面驶来的面包车迎头相撞。

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