IRAQ: At least seven students were killed and dozens injured in a bus crash in Sulimaniya
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IRAQ: At least seven students were killed and dozens injured in a bus crash in Sulimaniya
- Title: IRAQ: At least seven students were killed and dozens injured in a bus crash in Sulimaniya
- Date: 4th April 2011
- Summary: SULIMANIYA, IRAQ (APRIL 2, 2011) (REUTERS) SECURITY FORCES AND RESCUE TEAMS AT SCENE WHERE BUS CRASH TOOK PLACE MORE OF RESCUE TEAMS AT SCENE NEAR OVERTURNED BUS ONLOOKERS AND SURVIVORS AT SCENE AMBULANCES LINED UP AT SCENE RESCUE TEAMS TAKING INJURED AWAY/ AN INJURED PERSON ON A STRETCHER BEING TAKEN TO AMBULANCE PARAMEDIC TAKING INJURED PERSON AWAY OVERTURNED BUS RESCUE TEAM AT SCENE SURVIVORS AT SCENE OVERTURNED BUS PARAMEDIC CARRYING AN INJURED PERSON ON STRETCHER AN INJURED PERSON INSIDE AMBULANCE RESCUE TEAMS AND SECURITY PERSONNEL AT SCENE
- Embargoed: 19th April 2011 13:00
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- Location: Iraq, Iraq
- Country: Iraq
- Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
- Reuters ID: LVA498H8CVMVPXOF6FF7BJ2U3O5Q
- Story Text: At least seven people were killed and forty-eight others were wounded on Saturday (April 2) when a bus carrying students veered off a road in northern Iraq's province city of Sulimaniya police said.
Police said the bus carrying students from Kirkuk university fell into a valley near Duckan dam in Sulimaniya about 260 km (160 miles) northeast Baghdad.
Police forces and rescue teams raced to the scene of the crash where they attempted to free survivors from the twisted wreckage.
Those who survived the crash, looked on at the site of the carnage.
Many of the injured were carried off on stretchers and taken to local hospitals.
Hospital sources said they expect the death toll to rise. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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