Road accidents kill 98, injures 925 on Myanmar's highway in 11 months

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"Road accidents have killed 98 and injured 925 people on Myanmar's Yangon-Mandalay highway as of November this year, official media quoted highway police as reporting on Thursday. During the 11 months, 479 traffic accident cases were registered on the highway. In November alone, 37 accidents took place on the country's busiest highway, claiming nine lives and leaving 91 injured. Of them, 25 cases were caused by reckless driving while eight took place due to defective vehicles, three by reckless road crossing and one by inclement weather. There were a total of 473 accidents, leaving 103 deaths and 877 injured on Yangon-Mandalay highway in 2018..."

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"Xinhua" (China)

Date of Publication: 

2019-12-05

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2019-12-05

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Myanmar

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English

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