Bus Accident Kills 16 and Injures 37 in Tedim Township, Chin State, Myanmar
Saturday, December 11, 2010
This news was report to The Voice Weekly Journal on 29 November but it was censored and rejected to post in The Voice Weekly Journal
Sixteen people were killed and 37 seriously injured in a bus accident in Tedim Township at 11:30 am on 26 November. The passengers were travelling to attend a ceremony at the Cope/ Zolai Centennial Jubilee in Tedim town, from 26 to 28 November, said tha source.
The bus was overloaded with full of passengers on the bus' roof and inside, said the leg injured patient admitted to Tedim Civil Hospital.
The bus plummeted 500 feet into a gorge eight miles from Tedim town.
I'm on the bus' roof and when the bus arrived at the place where the accident would took place, I fell out. The bus can't be seen from the road. All the glass were broken and the roof parted from the bus, said one of student volunteer team.
Hundred of people came to the incident place. There was three dead in one family, the father, mother and their daugther-in-law, said one of rescue team.
Twelve died in the spot. Two died on the way to hospital and another two after admitting to hospital.
One of The Voice Weekly Journal correspondents asked Township Police officer and a Doctor about the bus accident case, the officers answered 16 deaths was confirmed, but no more about the case.
On 28, Chin State Police officer investigated the incident place, said the residents.
Because of shortage of water, the rest room are closed down on 27, the patients and helper faced many difficulties in Tedim Hospital.
In five decades, the Tedim-Tonzang road among other roads caused the worst and the most death tolls accident in Chin State, said the residents.
One Student Association said the deficiency of Chin Hills transportation and Communication Services caused this kind of accident and the need to lower it by all stake holders concerned.
The said bus is run by Chin Hills Bus Group which is the only bus line running between Kalay-Tonzang town.
The bus was overloaded with full of passengers on the bus' roof and inside, said the leg injured patient admitted to Tedim Civil Hospital.
The bus plummeted 500 feet into a gorge eight miles from Tedim town.
I'm on the bus' roof and when the bus arrived at the place where the accident would took place, I fell out. The bus can't be seen from the road. All the glass were broken and the roof parted from the bus, said one of student volunteer team.
Hundred of people came to the incident place. There was three dead in one family, the father, mother and their daugther-in-law, said one of rescue team.
Twelve died in the spot. Two died on the way to hospital and another two after admitting to hospital.
One of The Voice Weekly Journal correspondents asked Township Police officer and a Doctor about the bus accident case, the officers answered 16 deaths was confirmed, but no more about the case.
On 28, Chin State Police officer investigated the incident place, said the residents.
Because of shortage of water, the rest room are closed down on 27, the patients and helper faced many difficulties in Tedim Hospital.
In five decades, the Tedim-Tonzang road among other roads caused the worst and the most death tolls accident in Chin State, said the residents.
One Student Association said the deficiency of Chin Hills transportation and Communication Services caused this kind of accident and the need to lower it by all stake holders concerned.
The said bus is run by Chin Hills Bus Group which is the only bus line running between Kalay-Tonzang town.
Report By
Zamthuam
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