Ten people died as a result of a traffic accident that occurred in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast, in eastern Tajikistan.

The tragedy occurred on August 28 morning on the road Roshtkala-KhorogThe driver of the minibus "Stareks", not having coped with the control of the car, tipped the car into the river Shokhdara.

In the car there were 13 passengers, including four children, informed "AP" in the Department of the State Automobile Inspection of the Republic.

As a result of the accident, 10 people died, including four children. The bodies of all the dead were found. Three passengers, including the driver, with injuries of various degrees are hospitalized. 

Currently, the circumstances of the incident are being investigated. The investigative commission works on the scene of the accident.