Truck collides with US armored vehicle in Thi-Qar

THI-QAR / IraqiNews.com: Nine Iraqi civilian cars have been burnt due to an accident between a U.S. armored vehicle and a truck 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 and heading for Nassiriya city, the center of Thi-Qar Province, collided with an American armored vehicle on a main road leading to Souq al-Shiyoukh township, 30 km to the south of Nassiriya city. The crash resulted in 8 of the cars loaded onto the truck burning from a fire resulting from the crash. No harm was reported from the American side,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency.   He said that police carrying fire-extinguishers headed to extinguish the fire that broke out in the truck. They were able to save 4 of the loaded cars.   “The American side said the accident took place due to a technical fault in the civilian truck and its failure to stop, subsequently 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 (TS)/SR   505