Car accidents claim 500 lives in Azerbaijan in seven months
BAKU – Over 500 people were killed and about 2,000 others injured in traffic accidents in Azerbaijan in the first seven months of 2011, traffic police department spokesman Kamran Aliyev has said.
According to him, more than 700 of the 2,000 car accidents, or 43 percent of all accidents reported in January-July, resulted from speeding. Around 300 people died and 700 others received injuries in the aftermath of crashes caused by speeding violations, Aliyev said.
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