Waw, 22 April
A woman has died and three others were injured after a car overturned and caught fire in Waw Township, Bago Region, the Ministry of Home Affairs reported.
The fatal accident took place between mileposts 0/2 and 0/3 on the Yangon-Mawlamyine Road near Abyar Chaywin Village in Waw Township, Bago Region at about 10:35 p.m. on 19 April. The car with four people on board flipped over and caught fire after the driver lost control of the car. A woman identified as Daw Ohnmar Oo was pronounced dead on the spot and three others sustained injuries in the incident.
Of the injured, two men are said to be a life-threatening situation and were transferred to a public hospital. The motorist named Kyaw Swar Oo, 48, is being questioned over reckless driving by the local police.—MOHA
Translated by Kyaw Htike Soe