Six children dead, 14 injured in Iraq road accident
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[April 03, 2024]
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Six primary-school students were killed
and 14 others were injured when a refrigerator truck veered into a group
of children in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Tuesday, the Interior
Ministry said in a statement. |
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Children receive medical care at a hospital after six primary-school
students were killed and 14 others were injured when a refrigerator
truck veered into a group of children in Basra, Iraq April 2, 2024.
REUTERS/Mohammed Aty |
The driver lost control after the truck’s brakes failed and
plowed into a group of students from a nearby primary school who
were walking on the roadside in the town of Hartha, on the
northern outskirts of Basra, police and witnesses said.
Hospital sources said some of the wounded children are in
critical condition with severe head injuries.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani ordered an
immediate investigation into the fatal accident, his office said
in a statement.
(Reporting by Aref Mohammed; Writing by Ahmed Rasheed; Editing
by Leslie Adler)
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