KABUL, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- A road accident claimed two lives and injured eight others in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar on Monday evening, provincial police spokesman Sayed Tayeb Hamad said Tuesday.
The deadly mishap took place when a vehicle carrying female employees of a clinic collided with a car coming from the opposite direction.
A female medical doctor and a child lost their lives on the spot, and eight others, including six female employees of the clinic, a child, and their driver, were injured, the official added.
This is the second road mishap in the eastern region reported by police over the past three days.
In the previous accident, which happened in Nangarhar's neighboring Laghman province on Sunday, six commuters lost their lives and three others were injured. ■
