Monday, August 7, 2017

Three non-fatal accidents on Yangon-Mandalay expressway



August 6, 2017

NO fatalities were reported in connection with three separate traffic accidents on the Yangon-Mandalay expressway on Sunday morning, according to highway police.


At about 1:15 am an express bus driven by U Win Tin, 45, from Nay Pyi Taw to Yangon collided with a tollbooth gate causing damage worth approximately Ks3 million.

At 5 am a car driven by U Win Myint, 37, from Nay Pyi Taw toward Yangon hit concrete blocks on the same road near mile post No. 93/5 at 5 am and caused damage valued at Ks200,000.

Later during the same day a car driven by U Kin Maung Than, 57, from Nay Pyi Taw toward Yangon overturned after its tyre burst.

According to the police records, there were a total of 744 traffic accidents on the Yangon-Mandalay Highway last year, killing 167 and injuring 1,307.

Phyo Ko Lin (Nyaung Waing)

Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar

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