As a result of a traffic accident in the Ayni district of the Sughd region, two people died, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan reports.
The tragedy occurred on July 7, 2025, at approximately 05:00 in the morning. The driver of the Hyundai Porter, a resident of the city of Istaravshan, Mubinjon Khasanov, born in 2005, was driving along the Dushanbe-Khujand highway from Khujand towards Dushanbe when he lost control at the 96+400 kilometer mark of the highway. The car drove into a ravine 20 meters deep and overturned into the Fon River.
As a result, the driver and passenger – Khasanov Shodmondzhon Kurbonboevich, born in 2007, also a resident of Istaravshan, drowned. Police officers are conducting search and rescue operations to find the bodies of the deceased.
An investigation is underway into the incident.