KABUL, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Three commuters lost their lives and seven others sustained injuries due to a road accident in eastern Afghanistan's Wardak province on Wednesday, said a statement of the provincial police office on Thursday.

Blaming reckless driving for the mishap, the statement said that the accident occurred in Saydabad district on a road linking the national capital Kabul to the southern Kandahar province. ■