Road accident claims 24 lives in Afghanistan

Kabul [Afghanistan], June 8: A total of 24 commuters were killed and another injured as a mini-bus plunged into ravine in Afghanistan's northern Sari Pul province on Wednesday, provincial police spokesman Din Mohammad Nazari said Thursday.
The deadly accident took place on Wednesday evening in Sayad district due to reckless driving and the victims included 12 women, eight children and four men, the official said, adding that only a woman survived bud badly injured.
This is the second road accident in war-torn Afghanistan on a single day Wednesday.
Earlier on Wednesday morning, a road accident in the central Bamyan province left 14 commuters injured.
Reckless driving on congested roads often causes deadly road accidents in Afghanistan.
Source: Xinhua