Five injured in major traffic accident on main road east of Babylon

BABYLON, Iraq — A serious traffic accident on the main road east of Babylon on Tuesday left five people injured, three of them in critical condition, a source at the Babylon Health Department said. The injured were transferred to the emergency department of Hilla Teaching Hospital for treatment. Medical teams were placed on alert, and several successive surgeries were required for some of the critically injured patients, the source added. The department did not provide further details on the cause of the crash or the identities of those involved. The source said the Babylon Health Department has faced sustained pressure on its emergency services from a series of high-speed traffic accidents in the province in recent months. No further information was immediately available.