Nine civilian cars burnt by accident with U.S. armored vehicle

THI-QAR / IraqiNews.com: Nine Iraqi civilian cars have burnt due to an accident between a U.S. armored vehicle and a truck, carrying the cars, in Souq al-Shiyoukh township of southern Iraq’s Nassiriya city on Sunday, causing no human casualties, a security source reported.   “A civilian truck, carrying 12 modern cars, heading for Nassiriya city, the center of Thi-Qar Province, had crashed with an American armored vehicle on a main road leading to Souq al-Shiyoukh township, 30 km to the south of Nassiriya city, burning 8 of the cars loaded on the truck, but caused no harm to the American side,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency.   He said that police and fire-extinguishers headed to put off the fire that broke up in the truck, saving 4 of the loaded cars, but the fire burnt the truck and 8 of its loaded cars.   “The American side said the accident took place due to a technical fault in the civilian truck and its failure to stop, crashing into the U.S. armored vehicle,” he added.   Nassiriya, the center of Thi-Qar Province , is 380 km to the south of Baghdad .   SKH (ST)   127