Kabul, April 10 – One person was killed and 15 others were injured when a vehicle crashed into a residential house in Logar province, eastern Afghanistan, a local police official said on Friday.
The accident occurred on the outskirts of Pul-e-Alam, the provincial capital, due to reckless driving, according to Mawlawi Ahmadullah Anas, the provincial police spokesman, as reported by Xinhua News Agency.
The injured were taken to nearby health facilities, where their conditions were reported to be stable, he added.
In a separate incident in neighbouring Nangarhar province on Wednesday night, one person was killed and 35 others were injured in another road accident.
Traffic accidents are a leading cause of death in Afghanistan, where reckless driving on congested roads and the poor condition of highways, often lacking proper signage, contribute to frequent crashes in the war-torn country.
On April 3, two commuters were killed and 13 others sustained injuries as a passenger bus veered off the road in Ghazni province, eastern Afghanistan, Khalid Sarhadi, the provincial police spokesman, said.
The deadly mishap took place on the main road in Qarabagh district on April 3, the official said, adding that efforts are underway to search for a missing boy.
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 Laghman province, eastern Afghanistan, according to a statement from the provincial police office.
According to the statement, a mini-bus struck a three-wheeled rickshaw and a motorcycle simultaneously in Mehtarlam, the provincial capital, on March 28, killing one person 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.
