Tuesday, 30 March 2010 18:12 Khaing Suu
(Mizzima) - Six people were killed, when a bus plunged into a ravine near the “Bawathanthayar" bridge between Aung Pann and Heho in Burma at 4 a.m. on March 27.
The Tawwin Express Naypyidaw-Taunggyi bus, owned by "Union of Myanmar Economic Holding Limited” was transporting 29 passengers when it plunged into a ravine.
An official in the traffic policemen’s office in Taunggyi told Mizzima, “The bus was a Tawwin Express bus. It plunged into a ravine in the morning of March 27 killing six passengers.”
A Tawwin Express bus company official corroborated that six people died but refused to give details.
A Taung Paw Thar Express employee told Mizzima, “The bus reportedly plunged into the ravine when the driver, the bus-conductor and the person in-charge got off the bus to investigate a flat tire. Only passengers were on the bus when it fell into the ravine.
The person in-charge, the driver, and the bus conductor are in the Taunggyi police station for investigations. The Naypyidaw-Taunggyi route is tortuous, resulting in many accidents.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
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