KIRKUK / Aswat al-Iraq: The majority of 21 passengers of a bus have perished in a road accident on the main road north of Kirkuk city on Saturday, a security source reported.

“A saloon car has collided with a 21-passenger bus on the main road, connecting Kirkuk with Dibbis township, close to K-1 area of the state-owned North Oil Company, killing the majority of the bus passengers,” the security source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

The oil-rich northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk is 280 km to the north of Baghdad.

SKH (PT)