A Kamaz-type truck driver was killed when it overturned after slipping off the road, according to police spokesperson Ghulam Ali Javid.

He further said that two persons were injured when a Four-Runner-type vehicle toppled in the Raqil Tamzan area of the Pato district. 

Two people were killed earlier, and eight others were injured in a traffic accident in the eastern province of Wardak. 

According to provincial officials, a mini-bus was overturned due to reckless driving resulting in several casualties. All the injured, including women and children, were transferred to the local hospital for medical treatment.

In a similar accident in the Kapisa province of Afghanistan, six persons were killed, and nine others were injured. 

Reckless driving, inadequately constructed roads, a lack of the rule of law, and poorly maintained vehicles have increased traffic accidents nationwide.

Source: Khaama

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According to the figures of the directorate, 13 children and 57 women died in these events.

“About 615 traffic accidents have occurred throughout Afghanistan, including 280 traffic accidents that have resulted in deaths and about 318 traffic accidents that have injured people,” said Abdul Wodod Khairkhwa, manager of planning and policy of the directorate.

However, some drivers believe that the cause of traffic incidents is the destruction of highways and they asked the current government to pay attention to the construction of highways.

“On the west route, there are no longer any signs of the road — some of the roads have been flooded and others have been destroyed by mines,” said Shireen, a driver.

“The roads are terrible, and a lot of drivers disobey the law,” said Marouf, another driver.

The incidence of traffic incidents, according to some passengers, has grown as a result of drivers’ negligence and disregard for the law.

“I came here from Nimroz in 20 hours, the road is very bad, drivers are also careless,” said Suhrab, a passenger.

Nearly 2,000 traffic incidents happened nationwide in the solar year 1401, according to information from the general directorate of police traffic.

Source: TOLO

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