Traffic accidents claim lives of over 250 people in month

SANA'A, Aug. 02 (Saba) -
At least 256 people were killed and 1,816 others were wounded due to traffic
accidents taken
place throughout the country all over last July, Interior Ministry reported on Sunday.

While different traffic accidents during the first day of the current August have
killed nine people and wounded 57 others.
According to official statistics 1,339 accidents were registered during the
previous months, including 667 car crashes and 496 running over.
Vehicle's overturning came in the third rank with 207 accidents and falling
accidents came in the last with about 37 ones.
The Ministry said that the results behind these accidents were the excessive speed,
drivers' carelessness, wrong overtaking, cars' technical faults and other reasons.