Baghdad: A colonel in the police force of Iskandariya district, north of Hillah, was killed Saturday evening when the car he was traveling in overturned on the highway linking Babylon and Baghdad.
According to National Iraqi News Agency, Colonel Ammar al-Shammari, the Babylon Police Media Director, stated that the incident occurred when the vehicle overturned near the Iskandariya district. The police have since transferred the body to the forensic medicine department.
An investigation into the circumstances surrounding the accident has been opened to determine the cause of the vehicle overturning.