Two girls drown; four die in accident

AMMAN — Two girls, aged 13 and 16, drowned in an agricultural pond in Irbid’s Zour area on Friday, according to the Civil Defence Department (CDD). CDD personnel rushed into the area and divers retrieved the two bodies, prior to transferring them to Abu Obaida Hospital, according to a CDD statement.

Meanwhile, four people died and one was injured on Friday night when a vehicle overturned in Southern Ghor, said Ayman Tarawneh, director of Ghor Al Safi Hospital. The injured person was admitted to the intensive care unit, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.