BAGHDAD, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Two U.S. soldiers died and five injured in a vehicle accident in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said on Thursday.

    The two soldiers, assigned to Multi-National Division-North, were killed on Wednesday in a vehicle roll-over accident in the volatile province of Diyala, a military statement said without giving further details.

    The names of the deceased are being withheld pending notification of next of kin, it added.

    The latest deaths bring the number of U.S. soldiers who have been killed in Iraq to about 4,338, since the breakout of the U.S.-led war on Iraq in 2003, according to media account based on Pentagon figures.

Special Report: Tension escalates in Iraq