KABUL, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed and another was injured in a traffic accident in the western Afghan province of Badghis on Monday evening, according to a statement from the provincial police office on Tuesday.
The dead included two children and two women, while a man was injured, the statement said, adding that police had taken the injured man to a nearby health center.
Blaming reckless driving for the deadly accident, the official urged motorists to obey traffic rules and regulations to improve road safety and prevent accidents on congested roads.
A similar accident killed three people and injured three others in the western province of Nimroz on Sunday. ■