In brief
In Ghor province, a passenger vehicle lost control and flipped near the outskirts of Lal wa Sarjangal district, leaving five dead and 16 wounded. The incident was reported by Bakhtar News Agency and confirmed by Xinhua’s briefing on Sunday. It marks the sixth major road accident in Afghanistan in the past three days, underscoring ongoing transportation safety issues.
In the western Afghan province of Ghor, a passenger vehicle veered off the road and overturned on the outskirts of Lal wa Sarjangal district, a fatal crash that killed five people and injured 16 residents, local officials confirmed on Sunday.
According to the Bakhtar News Agency, which reported the incident to Xinhua, the vehicle lost control while traveling late Saturday and flipped multiple times before coming to rest. The agency cited Abdullah Fayeez, a local government official, as saying that the five commuters died on impact and several others suffered serious injuries.
Xinhua’s dispatch noted that this accident is the sixth road incident recorded across Afghanistan in the last three days, pointing to a troubling recent spike in traffic collisions. Authorities have not yet released the vehicle’s registration details or identified potential contributing factors such as road conditions or vehicle maintenance.
Residents in the area have described a chaotic scene with emergency responders working to extricate occupants. Local media reported that the injured were taken to nearby medical facilities, but their conditions remain unclear.
Officials have urged drivers to exercise caution on the region’s busy routes, amid ongoing concerns about road safety and traffic regulation enforcement in the country’s rural districts.