A New Mandalar Htun passenger bus traveling from Pyin Oo Lwin to Mandalay suffered brake failure and collided head-on with a taxi traveling in the opposite direction at Fire Brigade Curve near Milepost 19 on the downhill road at around 6 pm on October 24, before plunging into a roadside gorge approximately 50 feet deep and overturning. The accident occurred when the New Mandalar Htun bus, which had departed Pyin Oo Lwin, reached Fire Brigade Curve at Milepost 19 and collided with the taxi before falling into the gorge.