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A number of fatal road accidents were recorded in Tajikistan on March 16–17, 2026, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan.
On March 16, 2026, at approximately 4:30 PM, the driver of a Toyota Corolla Verso, Bakhriddin Ashurov, born in 1971, a resident of the city of Gissar, while driving along a road in the village of Bulbulchashma in the Gissar rural jamoat, struck his young grandson, Bakhriddinzoda Aziz Azimkhon, born in 2024, a local resident. As a result, the child died at the scene.
That same day, at approximately 9:30 PM, the driver of an Opel Vectra, Shukurov Zufar Zarifzhanovich, born in 2005, a resident of Istaravshan, lost control of the vehicle on I. Somoni Avenue in Istaravshan and struck a pedestrian, Abdurakhmonov Kamoliddin, born in 1974, a local resident. As a result, he sustained injuries of varying severity and died in the hospital.
On March 17 at approximately 10:00 a.m., the driver of a SsangYong Rexton, Khayriddin Boevich Tabarov, born in 1975, a resident of the Vose district, while traveling from the Khovaling to the Dangara district, lost control of the vehicle, drove into the oncoming traffic lane and hit a pedestrian, Said Kurbonovich Davlatov, born in 1960, a resident of the Temurmalik district, who died at the scene of the accident.
On the same day, at approximately 1:20 p.m., the driver of a Hyundai ambulance, Shirinov Siyovush Rustamovich, born in 2006, a resident of the Vakhsh district, while driving along the G. Sherozi Street highway in the capital from I. Somoni Street towards Karamova Street opposite the Khuroson restaurant, hit a pedestrian, Sattorova Tursunoy Saidkulovna, born in 2005, a resident of the city of Tursunzade.
As a result, the woman was taken to the hospital in serious condition, where she died a short time later. The woman was pregnant, and her seven-month-old baby also died.
Also on March 17, 2026, at 1:30 PM, a GAC Aion vehicle driven by Shahrom Saifulloevich Zubaydov, born in 2002, a resident of Dushanbe, while attempting to overtake a pedestrian on the Dushanbe-Kulyab-Khorog highway, struck and killed a pedestrian, Hasan Fozilov, born in 1954, a resident of Vahdat. The pedestrian died at the scene of the accident.
All road traffic accidents are under investigation.
