Traffic accident kills three in Erbil province
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A vehicle, carrying six people, fell into a valley in northeast Erbil province on Friday. The driver and two passengers died, according to a local official.
Shakhawan Hussein, acting mayor of Qasre subdistrict, told Rudaw on Friday that a vehicle with six passengers fell into Balayan valley. Three passengers died and the rest were injured.
The dead were from the same family, including a father and son.
Car accidents are a common occurrence in the Kurdistan Region in comparison to many countries. According to a World Health Organization (WHO) report from 2018, road traffic injuries were the leading killer of people aged five to 29 globally, and the estimated rate of traffic fatalities per 100,00 population in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region was 20.7 percent in 2016.
Over 600 people were killed in traffic accidents across the Region in 2021, with more than seven thousand injured, the spokesperson for the Region's traffic department told Rudaw in January.
Shakhawan Hussein, acting mayor of Qasre subdistrict, told Rudaw on Friday that a vehicle with six passengers fell into Balayan valley. Three passengers died and the rest were injured.
The dead were from the same family, including a father and son.
Car accidents are a common occurrence in the Kurdistan Region in comparison to many countries. According to a World Health Organization (WHO) report from 2018, road traffic injuries were the leading killer of people aged five to 29 globally, and the estimated rate of traffic fatalities per 100,00 population in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region was 20.7 percent in 2016.
Over 600 people were killed in traffic accidents across the Region in 2021, with more than seven thousand injured, the spokesperson for the Region's traffic department told Rudaw in January.