Kabul, April 3 (IANS) Two commuters were killed and 13 others sustained injuries as a passenger bus veered from the road in eastern Afghanistan’s Ghazni province on Friday, provincial police spokesman Khalid Sarhadi said.
The deadly mishap took place on the main road in Qarabagh district early Friday morning, the official said, adding that efforts are underway to search for a missing boy, Xinhua News Agency reported.
Blaming reckless driving for the accident, Sarhadi said an investigation into the accident is underway.
On March 28, one commuter was killed and 10 others sustained injuries as a mini-bus struck two motorists in east Afghanistan’s Laghman province, said a statement of the provincial police office.
A mini-bus, according to the statement, struck a three-wheel rickshaw and a motorbike simultaneously due to carelessness in the provincial capital Mehtarlam on March 28, killing one on the spot and injuring 10 others, including five children and two women.
All the injured commuters have been shifted to the hospital for medical treatment, the statement said, calling on drivers to respect traffic rules and regulations while driving to avoid road accidents.
On March 1, at least three people were killed and six others injured in a highway accident in northern Afghanistan’s Jawzjan province, the provincial police office said in a statement.
The incident occurred when two high-speed vehicles collided due to reckless driving in the Hadbakhshi region along the Jawzjan-Sari Pul highway, killing both drivers and a female passenger on the spot and injuring six others, including two children, the statement added.
The injured were transported to a nearby hospital for treatment, according to the statement, which also urged drivers to strictly adhere to traffic rules to prevent further tragedies.
Deadly road accidents remain a persistent problem in war-torn Afghanistan, often attributed to deteriorating road conditions, reckless driving, and inadequate safety measures amid the country’s challenging terrain and limited infrastructure.
–IANS
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