PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, Jul 16 (NNN-ANA) – Eight commuters lost their lives and 11 others sustained injuries, as a bus collided with a truck in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan province today, provincial traffic police chief, Qari Nazirullah Abidi, said.
The deadly accident took place when a Kabul-bound bus collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction, outside the provincial capital, Pul-e-Khumri.
The eight dead included women and children, the official added.
The civil hospital in the provincial capital, Pul-e-Khurmi, according to an official, received 11 injured persons with some in critical condition.
Abidi blamed reckless driving of the passenger bus for the deadly road accident, saying, efforts are underway to arrest the driver of the ill-fated bus, who reportedly ran away from the scene.– NNN-ANA
