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Road accident kills at least 16 people in southeastern Türkiye

Türkiye Materials 20 August 2022 20:19 (UTC +04:00)
Road accident kills at least 16 people in southeastern Türkiye

A traffic accident has killed at least 16 people and injured 22 others in Türkiye's southeastern Gaziantep province, governor Davut Gul said, Trend reports citing TRT.

A passenger bus on Saturday overturned and dragged for several dozen metres, and hit a fire brigade and paramedic team responding to a traffic incident on the Tarsus-Adana-Gaziantep Highway, as well as a broadcast vehicle of a Turkish news agency, IHA.

The fatalities in the accident include three firefighters, four health personnel, and IHA news agency journalists Muhammed Abdulkadir Esen and Umut Yakup Tanriover.

Gaziantep Governor also told reporters that the first accident occurred at around 10:45 am local (0745GMT) on Saturday.

All injured have been taken to hospitals.

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