Sept 2 (Reuters) – At least 16 people, mostly Iranians, were killed in a road accident in Iraq, the Iraqi state news agency said early on Saturday.
Thirteen people were also injured in the accident, which occurred on a road linking two cities in Iraq’s northern Salahuddin province, the state news agency added, citing a local medical official.
The injured were taken to hospitals in critical condition, the official said.
(Reporting by Hatem Maher; Editing by Leslie Adler and Gerry Doyle)