A pick-up truck carrying 10 Iraqis, who had managed to sneak across the border into Iran on Sunday, plunged into Zab River in northwestern Iran, killing seven and injuring three others, reported the official Iranian news agency, IRNA.
A police official said that the accident occurred in Alan region, some 20 kilometers from the border with Iraq.
"The illegal Iraqi migrants, crammed in the pick-up truck, had just crossed the border and were heading for Sardasht," he said.
He blamed the fatal accident on the driver's "negligence" and "over-speeding."
He said the injured were taken to nearby hospitals.
Iran is home to one of the world's largest refugee populations, a direct result of a long, drawn-out war plaguing neighboring Afghanistan – Albawaba.com
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