2 killed as car overturns in southern Azerbaijan

BAKU, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed when a car overturned on Sunday in the southern Azerbaijani district of Bilasuvar, the country's emergency authorities said.

The driver, identified as a 47-year-old man, and his passenger died on the spot after the driver lost control of his car.

Authorities have launched an investigation into the cause of the accident and to identify the second victim.

In a similar accident in the neighboring Sabirabad district earlier on Sunday, a passenger car came off the road and overturned, killing one and injuring two people. The driver and two female passengers were taken to a local hospital where the driver later died of his injuries, health authorities said.