KABUL, May 9 (Xinhua) -- At least three people, including a civil court judge, were killed in a road accident in eastern Afghanistan's Nuristan province late on Thursday, according to the state-owned Bakhtar news agency.
The mishap occurred when a vehicle veered off the road due to reckless driving and plunged into a river on the outskirts of the provincial capital, Parun city, provincial police spokesman Ghulam Rahman Haidari was quoted as saying.
Three people, including civil court judge Rahimullah Haqqani in Parun city, lost their lives in the accident, Haidari added.
Thousands of people lose their lives in road accidents in Afghanistan each year due to various reasons, including reckless driving, poor conditions of roads, lack of traffic signs on dilapidated highways, overloading and overspeeding. Enditem
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