A small passenger vehicle plunged into a 50-foot-deep ravine after its brakes failed on the Mandalay-Pyin Oo Lwin Road, according to Cetana Mon Social Welfare Association (Ohnchaw).

The accident happened early this morning in which a small passenger vehicle operating along the Pakokku-Mandalay-Pyin Oo Lwin route experienced a brake failure at 18 miles 1 furlong of Mandalay-Pyin Oo Lwin Road and plunged into a ravine about 50 feet deep.

Two men and seven women, including a child, were rescued from the ravine, according to Cetana Mon Social Welfare Association (Ohnchaw).

Together with Cetana Mon Social Welfare Association (Ohnchaw), Myanmar Social Relief Association (Mandalay Region) and Chanmyathazi and Chanayethazan rescue teams came to help and transported the injured to Mandalay General Hospital.