12 civilians killed in accident in Kut, south Iraq

WASSIT / IraqiNews.com: At least 12 civilians, including women and children, have been killed in a traffic accident in Nu’maniya township, 40 km to the north of southern Iraq ’s Wassit Province on Saturday, a Wassit police source reported.   “12 civilians, including children and women, have been killed in an accident by 2 cars on the main Kut-Baghdad highway, close to Nu’maniya township,” the police source told Awat al-Iraq news agency.   The city of Kut , the center of Wassit Province , is 180 km to the southeast of Baghdad .   SKH (PT)   293