BAGHDAD, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Five people were killed and two others injured Sunday in a car accident in Salahudin province north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the traffic police said.

Salahudin Traffic Directorate said in a statement that two cars collided on the main road north of the city of Samarra, some 120 km north of Baghdad, due to the high speed and non-compliance with traffic rules.

"The two cars were destroyed and five people in both cars died and two were injured in the accident," the statement added.

A medical source from Samarra Hospital told Xinhua that the hospital received five bodies of the victims of the accident and two for treatment.

Earlier, the Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights said that more than 7,000 traffic accidents occurred in 2023, mainly due to old and unqualified roads, the lack of sufficient traffic signals and safety barriers, as well as negligence of traffic rules. Enditem

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