Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 5 /Trend/
Six Azerbaijani pilgrims who were injured in a traffic accident in Turkey returned home. They were treated in the hospitals in the Sivas, Adana and Kayseri cities of Turkey.
Azerbaijani pilgrims Simuzer Akbarova, Malahat Asgarova, Arzu Ismayılova, Nazila Israfilova, Elnare Najafzade and Matlab Sariyev have arrived in Baku last night with a special flight, Head of the Caucasian Muslim Board's International Relations Division Mugaddas Payizov told Trend today.
The health states of pilgrims Samaya Davudova and Agasi Mirzayev are complex in comparison with other's, thus their treatment will be continued in Turkey.
During the accident, which took place at around 5:50 p.m. on a one-way road in the Sarkisla district of the Sivas province, five pilgrims died, and 27 were injured. Seven were seriously wounded, Caucasus Muslim Board spokesperson Rahima Dadashova told Trend earlier.
The bus with license plate number 90-DS-393 was carrying 34 passengers.
The bodies of five pilgrims who died in the accident were delivered to Baku on Nov. 25. Their names were Samad Ahmadov (born 1982), Hajikhanim Alijanova (1944), Solmaz Bakhshaliyeva (1941), Zemfira Dadashova (1965), Maharram Kerimov (1938).
According to police sources in Turkey, the bus driver lost control on a turn. As a result, the bus drove off the road and landed in a ditch. Ambulances, police, gendarme and civil defence forces arrived to the scene. Residents helped in the rescue operations.
Nine Azerbaijani pilgrims died this year. Earlier, Shamakhi region akhund Mustafa Mamishov died in a traffic accident on his way to Shamakhi after returning from the Hajj.
Seventy-five-year-old Jalilabad region resident Duha Mammadova also died at the end of a Hajj ritual.
Earlier, Khanbala Atakishiyev died in the Syrian city of Sham. His body was brought to Baku on Nov. 8 upon his family's request.
Sixty-eight-year-old Mafi Nazarov also died in Syria after making his pilgrimage to Mecca.
About 2,000 pilgrims from Azerbaijan committed the Hajj this year.