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14 killed as bus overturns in Myanmar

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IANS Yangon

At least 14 people, including four women, have been killed and 29 seriously injured as a passenger bus overturned Monday on Nay Pyi Taw-Yangon highway in Myanmar, media report said here Tuesday.

With 43 passengers on board, the highway bus was heading for Yangon. But it overturned on the highway and fell from a bridge in the evening while overtaking a small motor car at high speed while it was raining heavily, Xinhua reported.

The injured were rushed to hospital.

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First Published: May 13 2014 | 7:44 AM IST

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