NEWS - Train collision kills over 7

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Subject: NEWS - Train collision kills over 70 - opposition radio

BBC Summary of World Broadcasts
December 22, 1999, Wednesday

Train collision kills over 70 - opposition radio

Source: Democratic Voice of Burma, Oslo, in Burmese 1430 gmt 19 Dec 99

Text of report by Burmese opposition radio on 19th December

A Rangoon-to-Mandalay train and a Pegu local train collided at about
2200
[local time] last Friday [17th December]. Many passengers were injured
and
between 70 to 100 persons were believed to have been killed in the
collision. The Rangoon-Mandalay express train was travelling at the
speed of
50 miles per hour and collided head-on with the Pegu train near
Ywathagyi.

The SPDC [State Peace and Development Council] newspapers, radio, and
television still have not yet reported on the train collision and
casualties.

The collision is believed to be the worst accident in the history of
Myanmar
Railways during the SDPC administration.