Translated with AI
A fatal traffic accident occurred in the Varzob district, the Tajik Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
The accident occurred on April 18, 2026, at approximately 9:30 AM on the Dushanbe-Chanak highway heading towards Khujand. According to the department, the driver of an Opel Frontera, Khurshed Mirzobokievich Safarov, born in 1994, a resident of Nurek, lost control of the vehicle, veered into oncoming traffic, and collided with a Mercedes Sprinter truck driven by Azizdzhon Alievich Dzhuraev, born in 1990, a resident of the Jabbor Rasulov district. Following the collision, the vehicle overturned into a roadside ravine.
As a result of the accident, the driver of the Mercedes Sprinter, A.A. Dzhuraev, the driver of the Opel Frontera, Kh.M. Safarov, and the minor passenger, Mirzobokizoda Shokhin, born in 2025, a resident of the city of Nurek, received bodily injuries and were hospitalized.
Passenger Salimzoda Maftuna, born in 2005, a resident of the city of Nurek, received various bodily injuries and died in the hospital.
An investigation is being conducted into this incident.
