Four killed in traffic accidents during Thingyan holiday

18 April 2019
Four killed in traffic accidents during Thingyan holiday
Photo: Highway Police Force

Four people including a woman were killed with 42 others injured in traffic accidents on Myanmar's highway during the four-day long Thingyan water festival, a release from the Highway Police Force said Wednesday, according to a Xinhua report.

The traditional Thingyan water festival was celebrated on full swing across the country from April 13 to 16.

During the festival, 20 traffic accidents occurred on the Yangon-Mandalay highway.