Terrible traffic accident claimed the lives of 11 people in Faizabad

The press center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan reports that on July 4 of this year, as a result of a collision between two cars in the Faizabad district, 11 people died at the scene of the accident.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the fatal traffic accident occurred in the evening of July 2 near the village of Shahtakiyon in the Faizabad district. Among the deceased are 5 children and minors aged from 2 to 16 years.

It is reported that 20-year-old Ibodzoda Mahmadsonik Mahmadjusuf, a resident of the Faizabad district, “was driving an Opel Astra from Vakhdat towards Rogun, and in the territory of the village of Shahtakiyon in the Faizabad district, he crossed into the oncoming lane and collided with an Opel Vectra, driven by Sharipov Bobodzhon Ikromovich, born in 2004, a resident of this district.”

According to the investigation, 11 people died at the scene, including “the driver of the Opel Vectra Sharipov B.I., passengers of this vehicle, residents of the Faizabad district Sharipova Zukhro Ikromovna, born in 2006, Khaticha Sharipova, born in 2018, Davlatov Subkhon Tolibdzhanovich, born in 1998, Abdurakhmonzoda Talabshoi Dilshod, born in 2007, Boboev Bakhtovar Idibegovich, born in 2001, as well as passengers of the Opel Astra, residents of the city of Vakhdat Negmatova Marziya, born in 1959, Khalimov Ayubjon Mahmadovich, born in 2017, Negmatova Bibirobiya Valievna, born in 1997, Sharipova Shakhlo Sharafovna, born in 2007, and Sharipov Abdusalom Sharafovich, born in 2021.”

As a result of the accident, 4 people sustained serious injuries and were hospitalized, including “the driver of the Opel Astra Ibodzoda M., as well as passengers of this vehicle Negmatova Bunafsha Valievna, born in 1985, Sharipov Shokhin Sharifovich, born in 2011, and Khalimov Akhmad Mahmadovich, born in 2019.”

This traffic accident is considered the deadliest on the roads of Tajikistan this year.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs also reports that on July 2 and 3 of this year, as a result of accidents in Khujand, two people died – a father and his minor son, and a 15-year-old teenager died in the Khoroson district.

In connection with this incident, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan has initiated a case, and an investigation is underway.