YANGON, March 18 (Xinhua) -- A total of 11 people were killed and 66 injured in 26 traffic accidents on Myanmar's Yangon-Mandalay highway during the first two months of this year, according to the highway traffic police force on Tuesday.
In the same period last year, 30 traffic accidents occurred on the same highway, killing 23 people, an official from the highway traffic police force told Xinhua.
Among the main causes of traffic accidents in Myanmar are reckless driving, vehicle defects, as well as bad road and weather conditions.
To reduce accidents, the police are conducting awareness programs and taking action against speeding vehicles, he added. ■
