In various regions of Tajikistan, several road accidents have occurred in recent days, resulting in fatalities. This was reported by the press service of the State Traffic Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan.
The first accident occurred on May 16 at about 17:30 in the Simiganj rural jamoat of Vahdat. The driver of a cargo electric scooter with a trailer, 43-year-old resident of Vahdat Sirodzhiddinov Dustmurod Khabibulloevich, lost control. The vehicle, which was carrying hay, overturned. As a result, the driver was injured and taken to a medical facility, and his passenger, 58-year-old Khusein Makhmurodovich Saydaliev, died at the scene of the accident from his injuries.
The second incident occurred on May 17 at about 15:00 on the Vose-Kulyab highway, in the area of the rural jamoat of Tugarak. The 19-year-old driver of an Opel Astra, Sultonsho Saifullo Faizullozoda, driving towards Kulyab, lost control and collided with a Hyundai Porter driven by 29-year-old local resident Mukhammad Alievich Zukhurov. As a result of the accident, the passenger of the Opel Astra, 21-year-old Yusufjon Sherali, a resident of the Hulbuk jamoat, received serious injuries and died on the way to the hospital.
Another tragic accident occurred on May 17 at about 19:00 on the 280th kilometer of the Kulyab-Darvaz-Khorog-Kulma highway near the village of Yakhchi-Sori in the Nulvand rural jamoat of the Darvaz district. 25-year-old Dushanbe resident Abdurakhim Hasanovich Vakhidov, driving a Mercedes Actros, lost control and fell into the Panj River. The driver drowned. Search and rescue operations are ongoing.
The fourth incident was recorded on May 18 at about 01:00 at night on the 397th kilometer of the Khorog-Darvaz-Kulyab highway. 53-year-old driver of the China Road company Gayratsho Davlatovich Zokirov, driving a JAC Pickup owned by the company, also lost control, as a result of which the vehicle fell into the Panj River. The driver died, his body has not yet been found. Search activities are underway.
Criminal cases have been opened on all facts of the accident, and investigative actions are being carried out.