Family of Three on Motorcycle Hit from Behind by Express Vehicle, Woman Killed

Woman killed after Express vehicle rear-ends motorcycle carrying family of three

October 29

A woman was killed when a passenger Express vehicle and a motorcycle collided on the Yangon-Mawlamyine highway in front of the watermelon stall row in Moke Kaung village, Thaton Township, Mon State, it is reported.

Around 1 PM on October 28, a passenger Express vehicle struck a motorcycle carrying a family of three near Moke Kaung village on the Yangon-Mawlamyine highway, it is reported.

"This is the second incident in a row here in two days. The other day a car and motorcycle collided and one person died. Now a woman has died too. The car was speeding and hit from behind. The road is narrow here. The cars drive quite fast and can't control themselves when something happens," a local woman said.

In the collision, Ko Soe Moe Thu, 44, from the northern part of Tantabin village, sustained injuries (in critical condition) to his arm, knee and face, while his daughter Ma Nan Ei Thu Chit San, 5, who was riding in the middle of the motorcycle, sustained minor injuries, and the mother, Daw May Yu San, died at the scene from a fractured skull, it is reported.

The injured and the deceased were transported by emergency ambulance to Seikphyu Hospital, and from there the father was further transferred to Thaton General Hospital, it is reported.

MyoTaw News Channel