Five killed after vehicle plunges into Pashdan Dam in Herat
Five people, including a child, were killed when a vehicle plunged into Pashdan Dam in Herat following a collision.
A tragic road accident in Herat province claimed five lives, including a young girl, when a speeding car fell into the Pashdan Dam. The incident occurred after the car collided with a motorcycle and veered off the road into the reservoir.
According to Mohammad Yousuf Saeedi, spokesperson for the Herat governor, the accident took place on Saturday, May 3. He confirmed that two passengers from the car were rescued alive.
An eyewitness told local media that the crash happened around sunset the previous day. Rescue teams worked for nearly ten hours to retrieve the bodies from the dam’s waters.
Sources reported that the victims included four women and a child. The car involved was a high-speed “Suzuki Swift,” allegedly driven by a woman who had parked the vehicle on an incline before it lost control.
Initial investigations suggest the incident was caused by driver negligence. The vehicle rolled downhill uncontrollably, resulting in the fatal plunge into the dam.
In a related development, the Directorate of Information and Culture of the Taliban administration in Maidan Wardak reported another traffic incident two days earlier. That crash, which occurred on the Kabul–Kandahar highway, resulted in seven deaths and ten injuries.
Among the casualties in the Wardak accident were three children and two women. Five more children were among those injured, highlighting the urgent need for enhanced road safety measures across the country.
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