KABUL, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- At least six commuters were killed and another injured in a road accident in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province on Friday afternoon, a local official confirmed Saturday.
Mullah Ezatullah Haqqani, spokesman for the provincial government, said that a car collided head-on with another vehicle, killing six people, including a mother and her four children, on the spot in Washir district along the highway linking Herat to the capital Kabul.
The official blamed reckless driving for the incident, saying the injured passenger was taken to a nearby health center for treatment.
In a separate incident on Friday morning, one commuter was killed, and six others were injured in a highway crash in eastern Afghanistan's Ghazni province.
Fatal road accidents are frequent in Afghanistan due to poor road conditions, reckless driving, challenging terrains, overloading, and dangerous overtaking. ■
