Kabul, Nov 2 (IANS) Three people, including a woman, were killed and five others were injured, including four children and one woman, when a truck overturned in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, local authorities said.
The accident occurred when the truck transporting a family during relocation overturned due to reckless driving on the outskirts of Police District 10, Lashkar Gah city, the provincial capital, according to a statement from the provincial department of information and culture on Saturday, Xinhua News Agency reported.
Earlier, three people were killed and 18 others injured in a collision involving a tractor and two passenger vehicles in eastern Laghman province on Wednesday.
Road accidents claim thousands of lives annually in Afghanistan, largely due to reckless driving, poor road conditions, overspeeding, overloading, congested highways, and a lack of proper traffic signage.
On October 30, the provincial police office stated that at least three people were killed, and 18 others injured in a collision involving a tractor and two passenger vehicles in eastern Afghanistan’s Laghman province.
The accident occurred in the Surkhakan region along the highway linking the capital Kabul to eastern Nangarhar province on October 29, killing three commuters, including a woman and a child on the spot, and injuring 18 others, several critically, according to the statement.
Reckless driving was cited as the primary cause of the crash.
Over the past week, at least 11 people have lost their lives and nearly 40 others were injured in five separate road incidents across the eastern provinces of Laghman, Khost, and Ghazni, as well as northern Badakhshan and Balkh.
Road accidents remain a leading cause of accidental fatalities in war-torn Afghanistan, driven by reckless driving, congested roads, and a lack of traffic signs on dilapidated highways.
On September 26, provincial police said that a commuter lost his life and 11 others sustained injuries in a head-on road collision in northern Afghanistan’s Jawzjan province.
The collision took place between two passenger cars in the Qarabuyen Olya region, along the highway connecting Jawzjan to neighbouring Balkh province, leaving one dead on the spot and 11 others injured, said a police statement.
Blaming reckless driving for the accident, the statement noted that the injured were promptly transported to a nearby health centre for treatment, where most remain in critical condition.
On September 25, one traveller was killed and three others injured when their car overturned in eastern Afghanistan’s Laghman province, the provincial police office said in a statement.
Blaming reckless driving for the deadly mishap, the statement noted that the accident occurred in the Kakakh region, along the highway linking the capital Kabul to eastern Nangarhar province, resulting in the immediate death of one passenger and injuries to three others.
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