AIBAK (Pajhwok): Three people have been killed and 33 others, including women and children, injured when a passenger bus overturned in northern Samangan province, an official said on Tuesday.
Police spokesman Hasmatullah Rahmani told Pajhwok Afghan News the accident took place when a 580-type passenger bus veered off the road and overturned in Kaftar Khana area of Khulom district on the Aibak-Mazar-i-Sharif highway this (morning).
He said three people died and at least 33 others were injured in the accident.
The injured have been evacuated to Samangan provincial hospital for treatment, Rahmani added.
Officials attributed the accident to reckless driving.
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