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…
Bus crash near Antalya leaves nine dead, dozens injured
At least 16 people were killed in two separate traffic accidents in southern Türkiye on Sunday after a passenger bus plunged into a ravine near the city of Antalya and a separate collision between two vehicles left seven dead in Burdur, according to Turkish officials and local media. Nine people died and 26 others were injured when a long-distance passenger bus travelling from Tekirdağ to Antalya veered off the road and overturned into a ravine …
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