9 schoolteachers among 11 dead in Iraq as minibus crashes, erupts into flames

BAGHDAD: APRIL. 16 – Eleven people including nine schoolteachers died in a head-on road crash south of Baghdad as they returned from a Ramadan meal, Iraqi authorities said Saturday, blaming speed.

The accident happened in Babylon province around midnight as the group was returning in a minibus from the Shiite holy city of Karbala, a police source said.