YANGON, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Two people have been killed and 14 others injured as an express bus collided with a truck on Yangon-Mandalay highway, the official Global New Light of Myanmar reported Friday.
The express bus named Shwe Mann Thu running from Yangon to Mandalay lost brake control and crashed into the truck parked on the road side in Oattara Thiri township in Nay Pyi Taw on Thursday morning.
No casualties were reported on the bus, but out of 18 passengers on the truck, two were killed on the spot and 14 others were seriously injured.
The injured have been brought to a nearby hospital for urgent treatment.
Reckless driving was blamed for the accident.
