DUSHANBE , May 17, Asia-Plus - Three persons were killed and one other was injured Tuesday as two cars collided in the Khuroson district of Khatlon, according to information from Tajik traffic police.  

The accident took place early in the morning on in the Uyalli area, on the highway from Dushanbe to Qurghon Teppa, the capital of Khatlon.  “Driver of a car “Suzuki” Asliddin Pardayev could not control the car and it overturned and collided with a car “VAZ-2107,” the source said, noting that three passengers of “Suzuki” died on the spot and another passenger received serious wounds and was taken to the central district hospital in Khuroson.  

Tajik traffic police reported nine traffic accidents in the republic last day.  Four persons were killed and eight others were wounded in those accidents.