Eight people were killed as a car plunged into ravine in eastern Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday night, said authorities on Monday morning.
"A Mercedes Benz car with eight people aboard was travelling from Kabul to neighboring province of Laghman but the ill-fated car lost control and slipped into a ravine in Mahipar area of eastern Kabul province," said a statement issued by the Laghman provincial government.
The bodies of the killed, all male, were transported to a hospital in Laghman's provincial capital Mehtarlam city, 90 km east of Kabul, the statement added.
The bodies will be handed over to the relatives of the victims later Monday, it noted.
The crash occurred in a mountainous terrain along the main highway linking Kabul with other eastern provinces.
Although there are no statistics on the road accident related casualties in Afghanistan, careless driving on the congested roads in the war-battered country often claims the lives of thousands of innocent travelers annually.
Monday 1 July 2013
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