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YANGON, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- A total of 22 people were killed with 10 others injured in a traffic collision in Myanmar's Kayin state on Friday morning, said a press release from the Fire Service Department.
The crash which involved a vehicle and a passenger bus took place on Myawaddy-Kawkareik Asia Road in Myawaddy township at 11:00 a.m. local time.
The collision killed all passengers on the vehicle while 15 people were killed with some others injured in the passenger bus which plunged down a ravine.
The injured were sent to hospital while a search operation to rescue the rest of the passengers from the bus is underway, the release said.
