ISLAMABAD, March 12 (Xinhua) -- At least 10 people were killed and 19 others injured in three separate road accidents in Pakistan on Monday morning, local reports said.
In Hub area of the country's southwest Balochistan province, an early morning road accident left six people killed and 12 others injured, ARY News said.
The incident happened when a passenger van hit into a car coming from the opposite direction. The report quoted eyewitnesses as saying that over speeding of the van was the main cause of the accident.
The second accident happened in Khuzdar area of the province where a car fell into a ravine, killing all the four people onboard.
The third accident happened in provincial capital Lahore of the country's east Punjab province where seven people were injured when a tractor turned turtle after hitting into a railway crossing board.
All the injured people were shifted to nearby hospitals for treatment.
Road accidents frequently happen in Pakistan, mainly due to poorly maintained vehicles, dilapidated roads and negligence of road safety measures.
Traffic police officials say that most of the accidents happen in the country mainly due to human error.
According to latest figures available with Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, road accidents killed an average 15 people every day across the country over one decade (2005-15).
