US soldier killed by roadside bomb north of Iraqi capital

The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed by a roadside bomb that hit his vehicle north of Baghdad.

The military says the soldier died Sunday in the attack, which took place in Iraq's Salahuddin province. The military's statement gave no further details and the name is the soldier is being withheld pending notification of his family.

The death brings to at least 4,080 the number of members of the U.S. military who have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.