Translated with AI
On April 29, 2026, two fatal road accidents occurred in the Asht district of Tajikistan, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic reported.
The first incident occurred around 2:00 PM. The driver of an Opel Astra, Rashid Rakhimdzhonovich Meliboev, born in 2002 and a resident of the Asht district, was traveling from Khujand toward the Asht district when he lost control of the vehicle due to a technical malfunction on a section of road within the district, causing it to overturn.
As a result of the accident, the car's passenger, Komilov Mukhammad Abduvakhidovich, born in 1958, a resident of the Asht district, received injuries incompatible with life and died at the scene.
Another accident occurred around 8:20 PM. The driver of a Mercedes-Benz, Asliddin Mirzomiddinovich Norkuziev, born in 1985, a resident of the Asht district, was driving along a road in the village of Dashti in the Punuk rural jamoat. He failed to ensure road safety and collided with a scooter driven by Akmaldzhon Abduraufovich Toshmatov, born in 1983, a resident of the same district.
As a result of the accident, the scooter driver received serious injuries and died on the way to the hospital.
Both incidents are under investigation.
