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YANGON - NINE people were killed and 49 others
injured when a truck flipped over on a highway in central Myanmar as it was
taking passengers to a religious festival, state media said on Friday.
The truck, crammed with 72 people, was heading to a festival at the
Shwesettaw Pagoda in Magway division, 430 kilometres north of the
economic hub Yangon, the official New Light of Myanmar newspaper said.
The accident was blamed on faulty brakes, the paper said, without providing
further details.
Myanmar, one of the world's poorest countries, depends on old cars and
buses for transport as the military government has restricted vehicle imports
from abroad. Safety standards are often poor. -- AFP
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