FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): Five members of a family, including bride and groom, were killed in a traffic accident Tashkan district of northwestern Badakhshan province, police said on Friday.
A statement from the Badakhshan police headquarters said the incident occurred shortly after 9pm last night in the Pul-i-Tashkan area on the Tashkan-Kishim highway.
It said five members of a family, including the bride and groom and a child, were killed in the accident and a woman was injured and she was in coma.
The police headquarters wrote that the incident occurred when a corolla car skidded off the road and overturned.
It blamed the tragedy to the driver’s carelessness.
The statement added that the victims were members of a family who were on their way home after a wedding ceremony.
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