March 21, 2023 16:16 (IST)
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Myanmar Myanmar: Car crash leaves five people dead
Yangon: At least five people died when a passenger bus collided with a probox car on Friday evening in southern Myanmar, according to a traffic policeman.
The accident occurred in Ye township of Mon State at around 6:40 p.m. local time on Friday.
"All the five people onboard the probox car died on the spot. The passenger bus got only damaged," he said, adding that no one onboard the passenger bus were wounded or killed.
The probox car was badly damaged, he added.
The dead included two men, two women and a child, and they were caught in the accident while returning to Yebyu township of Taninthayi Region, a rescuer said.
(With UNI inputs)
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