Bangkok: 14 people killed and at least 25 injured in a three-way accident between two buses and a parked truck in the middle myanmarRescuers said on Thursday.
Rescue worker Thet Win said one of the buses was completely destroyed and that it was difficult to retrieve the bodies of both bus drivers because of the damage.
A rescue team member from the Sugatishin Free Funeral Service said 11 people died on the spot, while others died on the spot. Kyakpadung Township Hospital. Three of the dead were women, one of whom was a Buddhist nun, said the activist who asked anonymity because she feared authorities might punish her for speaking to the media.
He said that four of the injured were in critical condition and were shifted to other government hospitals with better facilities.
The accident happened around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in Kyaukpadung township, about 150 kilometers (100 miles) southwest of the country’s second largest city. Mandalay,
According to data from the World Health Organization, the road traffic death rate per 100,000 population in low-income countries such as Myanmar is three times higher than in high-income countries.
Wednesday’s accident occurred when a passenger bus traveling in one direction crashed into the rear of a disabled small truck partially parked on the shoulder of the road and then collided with another bus in an oncoming street, rescuers rushed to the scene. the personnel told The Associated Press, There was no one in the parked truck.
According to a report by the Ministry of Transport and Communications, 3,158 people were killed and 8,311 others were injured in 6,420 traffic accidents in Myanmar last year. The ministry said there were 1,730 deaths in 3,533 traffic accidents between January and July this year.
Although dozens of people are killed or injured each year on Kyukpadung roads, rescuers said it was the worst in recent times.
Rescue worker Thet Win said one of the buses was completely destroyed and that it was difficult to retrieve the bodies of both bus drivers because of the damage.
A rescue team member from the Sugatishin Free Funeral Service said 11 people died on the spot, while others died on the spot. Kyakpadung Township Hospital. Three of the dead were women, one of whom was a Buddhist nun, said the activist who asked anonymity because she feared authorities might punish her for speaking to the media.
He said that four of the injured were in critical condition and were shifted to other government hospitals with better facilities.
The accident happened around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in Kyaukpadung township, about 150 kilometers (100 miles) southwest of the country’s second largest city. Mandalay,
According to data from the World Health Organization, the road traffic death rate per 100,000 population in low-income countries such as Myanmar is three times higher than in high-income countries.
Wednesday’s accident occurred when a passenger bus traveling in one direction crashed into the rear of a disabled small truck partially parked on the shoulder of the road and then collided with another bus in an oncoming street, rescuers rushed to the scene. the personnel told The Associated Press, There was no one in the parked truck.
According to a report by the Ministry of Transport and Communications, 3,158 people were killed and 8,311 others were injured in 6,420 traffic accidents in Myanmar last year. The ministry said there were 1,730 deaths in 3,533 traffic accidents between January and July this year.
Although dozens of people are killed or injured each year on Kyukpadung roads, rescuers said it was the worst in recent times.