Baqubah: 11 government employees were killed and injured in a traffic accident northeast of Baqubah, the center of Diyala Governorate. A bus carrying employees of the Mansouriya gas power station was involved in an accident on a main road near the station, in the vicinity of Mansouriya district.

According to National Iraqi News Agency, the severity of the collision caused the bus to burn, which led to the death of 4 employees and the injury of 7 others. Fortunately, the injured were rescued at the last moments before the bus exploded.