BAGHDAD, Apr 17 (NNN-NINA) – Up to 13 people, including nine school teachers, were killed and four others wounded, in a car crash south of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, Iraqi authorities and a source said yesterday.
Iraqi Interior Ministry’s traffic directorate said, in a statement that, a 4-wheel drive vehicle and a minibus collided, as a result of inattentive driving and speeding, in the north of Babil’s province capital, Hilla, some 110 km south of Baghdad.
An earlier statement by the directorate said that, the accident took place around midnight.
A local security source said that, nine school teachers were among the dead, while they were returning in a minibus from Karbala to Baghdad.
Traffic accidents in Iraq are a major cause of death and injury in the country, either due to poor condition of the roads or due to drivers’ violation of traffic regulations.
