PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): Forty-five people died and more than 100 injured in traffic accidents during the past 10 months in central Logar province, an official said on Wednesday.
The governor’s spokesman, Salim Saleh, told Pajhwok Afghan News traffic incidents doubled this year compared to last year’s.
He added 45 people were killed and 111 others injured including women and children as a result of traffic mishaps in the province. He blamed most of the accidents on drivers’ negligence and bad condition of roads.
He urged drivers, especially security forces drivers, to always abide by traffic rules and avoid high speed.
A resident of Barak-i-Barak district said his five family members were killed when their car crashed into an Afghan National Armey pick up in Zahid Abad locality of Pul-i-Alam, the provincial capital.
A member of the provincial council, Hassibullah Stanikzai, said after the conflict, traffic accidents was the second leading cause of deaths in Afghanistan.
He asked traffic department officials to install traffic signs on main highways and punish violators.
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