KABUL, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Five people were confirmed dead and 16 others injured after a passenger vehicle veered off a road and overturned in western Afghanistan's Ghor province late Saturday, the official Bakhtar News Agency reported Sunday.
The fatal crash occurred on the outskirts of Lal wa Sarjangal district as the vehicle lost control and flipped over, killing five commuters, Bakhtar quoted Abdullah Fayeez, a local government official, as saying.
The crash was the sixth road accident reported across Afghanistan over the past three days. ■
