KABUL, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Twelve people lost their lives and four others sustained injury as a tractor slid into a river in the southern Afghanistan Helmand province on Friday, provincial director for Information and Culture Hafiz Abdul Bari Rashid said.
The deadly accident took place in Garmsir district, claiming the lives of three women and nine children on the spot and injuring four others, all children, the official added.
Security personnel reached the site of the accident on time and rescued 14 others, the official said.
In Afghanistan's countryside, the villagers often use tractors and animals as instruments to transport people and agricultural products. ■
