[Tolo] Islamic MUTCD At least eight people were killed and 30 more were wounded in two traffic accidents in Baghlan province, health officials said Saturday.
In one of the incidents, a truck and a bus, carrying passengers from Kabul to Balkh, collided in an area near the city of Pul-e-Khumri in Baghlan at around 2am on Saturday, said Malawi Mustafa Hashemi, head of the information and culture directorate in Baghlan.
Mohammad Nabi, a resident of Herat, who was also slightly injured in the incident, said he was traveling to Samangan from Kabul and that his son and his brother were also wounded.
"I was sleeping when the accident happened," he said.
"During the trip, I was falling asleep and the incident happened," said Ali Mohammad, a passenger.
The wounded were taken to two hospitals in Baghlan and Samangan provinces, officials said.
"We admitted 15 injured, including a child and a woman. Some of the wounded were discharged," said Mohammad Anwar Wardak, head of Baghlan Hospital.
Officials said that all the casualties were from the first incident in Baghlan while in another incident, at least four people were wounded when a vehicle lost its control in Doshi district in Baghlan on Friday evening.