Sulaymaniyah

Teen killed, wife injured in head-on crash near Penjwen

SULAYMANIYAH — A 19-year-old man was killed and his 16-year-old wife seriously injured in a head-on collision Thursday on the Nalparez-Penjwen road in Sulaymaniyah governorate, local officials said.

Penjwen District Mayor Hemn Ibrahim told 964media the crash involved a Toyota Corolla and a pickup truck. “A 19-year-old who was driving one of the cars lost his life, while his 16-year-old wife was severely injured and transferred to Sulaimani,” he said.

The victim was from the village of Kani Spik in the Nalparez subdistrict, according to Ibrahim. Traffic police have opened an investigation into the incident.