Kabul, April 10 (SocialNews.XYZ): One person was killed and 15 others were injured when a vehicle crashed into a residential house in eastern Afghanistan's Logar province, a local police official said on Friday.
The accident occurred on the outskirts of Pul-e-Alam, the provincial capital, due to reckless driving, provincial police spokesman Mawlawi Ahmadullah Anas said, Xinhua News Agency reported.
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 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 from the road in eastern Afghanistan's Ghazni province, provincial police spokesman Khalid Sarhadi 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 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.
Source: IANS
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