KABUL, July 6 (Xinhua) -- At least one commuter lost his life and 28 others sustained injuries after a passenger bus veered off the road and overturned in southern Afghanistan's Zabul province on Monday, a local police official announced.
The incident occurred on the outskirts of Shah Joy district when the bus, en route from western Herat to the capital Kabul, veered off the road and flipped over due to a technical malfunction, said Zabihullah Jawhar, the provincial police spokesman.
All casualties were swiftly evacuated by police and local residents to nearby medical facilities, where the injured remain under observation and treatment, Jawhar added. ■