Kamaing, 20 May

One man was killed and two others seriously injured after an over-speeding car overturned in Kamaing Town, Kachin State yesterday morning.
    

The accident occurred on the Myitkyina-Lido Road near Lawah Village in Kamaing Town at about 9:30 a.m. on 19 May. A van two people aboard driven by a man identified as Aung Htay Lin, 52 years from Sagaing Township flipped over after the driver lost control of the car. Three people including the driver from Phakant and Namtu Townships were severely injured in the incident.
    

The injured people were sent to a nearby rural hospital but the driver was later pronounced dead at the hospital. Action is being taken against the driver in accordance with the law by the local people.—Zaw Thu Aung

Translated by Kyaw Htike Soe