KABUL, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- A road accident claimed the lives of three passengers and left four others injured when a vehicle veered off the road and flipped over in northern Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, the provincial police said on Monday.
The incident occurred Sunday afternoon in the Pul-e-Shopay area of Kohistan district, where a passenger vehicle turned turtle due to reckless driving, said the provincial police spokesman Ehsanullah Kamgar.
Among the deceased were a woman and a child, who died at the scene. The four injured were rapidly shifted to local health centers for treatment, Kamgar added. ■
