Six children dead, 14 injured in Iraq road accident

Mourners pray during the funeral of children killed after a refrigerator truck veered into a group of young people in Basra, in Najaf

Mourners pray near the coffins of children who were killed after a refrigerator truck veered into a group of young people in Basra, during the funeral in Najaf, Iraq April 3, 2024. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani

Source: 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.

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.

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