One dead, eight injured in bus accident in southern Myanmar


YANGON (Xinhua): An express bus carrying over 30 people overturned in southern Myanmar's Ayeyarwady region on Friday, killing one person and injuring eight others, according to the Myanmar Fire Services Department.

The accident took place at around 10:55 a.m. local time in Kyaiklat Township in Ayeyarwady region.

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