Iraq road accident kills 16, mostly Iranian pilgrims
At least 16 people, mostly Iranian pilgrims, were killed in a deadly road accident in northern Iraq, according to local health authorities on Saturday.
Thirteen other people were seriously injured in the accident, Khaled Burhan, director of health services in Salaheddin province, said told the state news agency INA.
He said the accident took place when two min buses crashed into each other on a highway between the cities of Dujail and Samarra shortly before midnight on Friday.