KABUL, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and a third seriously injured in a high-speed head-on collision between two motorbikes in eastern Afghanistan's Parwan province, local police reported on Tuesday.

All three victims were rushed to a nearby hospital, but the two most severely injured succumbed to their wounds, police said.

Deadly road accidents remain a chronic scourge across war-scarred Afghanistan, frequently blamed on crumbling infrastructure, reckless driving and inadequate safety measures in the country's rugged and challenging terrain.