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3 Turkish workers dead after tunnel collapse in Iraq

Türkiye Materials 29 December 2014 17:39 (UTC +04:00)
3 Turkish workers dead after tunnel collapse in Iraq
3 Turkish workers dead after tunnel collapse in Iraq

At least three Turkish workers were killed on Monday in a tunnel collapse in Iraq's northern city of Erbil Anadolu Agency rported

Three Turkish workers were killed and one other wounded when the iron supporting the walls of the structure collapsed inside Pirmam tunnel on the Irbil-Salahudin highway, according to the Turkish company in charge of the tunnel.

The injured worker was hospitalized in Erbil and the bodies of the three others -- Ahmet Sahin, 45, Mehmet Sahin, 40, and Celal Bilmen, 55 -- will be sent to Turkey by plane.

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