Gangaw, 24 November

Six people have died and 41 people sustained injuries after a six-wheeled truck driven by a man named U Thant Zin Oo from Pale Township overturned near Thayetpin Village in Gangaw Township, Magway Region on 22 November.

The injured people are receiving medical treatment at a rural station hospital. Deputy Commissioner U Kyaw Min Nyo, Head of the district police force Police Lt-Col Aung Min Lwin, Commander of the township fire brigade U Moe Kyaw and Township Administrator U Maung Maung Aye visited the patients and gave words of encouragements to them on 23 November.

They also handed over Ks. 1.78 million provided by the local government to the families of the deceased and injured who will be transferred to a public hospital in Mandalay.—Kyaw Than Swe

Translated by Kyaw Htike Soe