Htantabin, 27 May
One person was killed and six others injured after a taxi collided with a minibus in Htantabin Township, Yangon Region on Sunday.
The accident took place between mileposts 11/1 and 11 on the Yangon-Pathein Road near Nyaungbintha Village, Htantabin Township at around 2:30 p.m. on 26 May. An over-speeding taxi driven by a man identified as Tun Nyo, 49 years old slammed into a minibus coming from an opposite direction after the driver lost control of the car. The two vehicles damaged badly in the incident and a woman named Daw Khin Hla, 65 years of age from the taxi died on the spot.
Six people from both cars were also injured and they were sent to a public hospital in Hlaingthayar. Firefighters from a nearby fire station rushed to the scene of the accident to undertake the rescue work. The taxi driver has been charged with reckless driving by the police.—Zin Min Htike (Htantabin)
Translated by Kyaw Htike Soe
