6 killed, 11 injured in passenger bus accident in central Myanmar

Six people were killed and 11 others injured after a highway passenger bus rolled over in central Myanmar’s Mandalay region, an official from the Mandalay Region Fire Services Department told Xinhua on Monday.

The accident occurred at around 3:30 a.m. local time on Monday in Meiktila township in Mandalay, he said, adding that the bus, carrying about 19 passengers, slipped off the road due to rain and overturned.

All the injured were taken to the local hospital, the official said.