US EditionNine Dead in Passenger Bus Crash After Heavy Rains in Southern Turkey
Poor weather and speeding caused a bus to overturn near Antalya, killing nine and injuring 21, with seven critically hurt, officials said.
- On Sunday, an intercity passenger bus rolled off a road in Antalya province, killing nine people and lying on its side on an embankment in Dosemealti district.
- Wet, foggy roads and reported speeding, Provincial Gov. Hulusi Sahin said, causing the driver to lose control near a multi-level intersection.
- The DHA news agency reported some passengers were thrown from the bus that traveled overnight from Tekirdag, with emergency workers and rescue teams on site and seven critically wounded.
- Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya lamented a `traffic culture` causing 6,351 deaths in 2024 and outlined traffic law proposals as TRT state broadcaster showed emergency responses at the crash site.
- Antalya has been hit by heavy rain in recent days, and the crash occurred alongside a deadly collision in Burdur, highlighting regional road-safety concerns.
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Sixteen people were killed and 30 injured in two traffic accidents in Turkey, the Turkish authorities announced today.
Ankara, Turkey. Sixteen people died and another 30 were injured in two road accidents in a tourist area in southern Turkey, Turkish authorities reported this Sunday. A bus carrying 34 people left the road near the city of Antalya, killing nine people and injuring 25 people, seven of them in critical condition, said provincial governor Hulusi Sahin. He did not specify whether there are foreigners among the victims. “It is an intersection where yo…
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Diario Digital Cronio de El SalvadorA bus carrying 34 people left the road near the city of Antalya, killing nine people and injuring 25 people, seven of them in critical condition, and seven others were killed and five injured in another accident in Burdur, on the Antalya highway to Ispart Read
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Bus crashes in wet conditions in southern Turkey, killing 9
A intercity bus has rolled off a road in southern Turkey’s Antalya province, killing nine people. The accident happened on Sunday. Images on state broadcaster TRT showed the vehicle on its side on an embankment in Dosemealti, a district northwest…
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