Seven dead, 11 hurt in southern Turkey bus crash
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ISTANBUL - Seven people died and 11 others were hurt early on Dec 6 when an inter-city bus crashed into a lorry on a motorway in southern Turkey, the local governor’s office said.
The incident, which happened before dawn on the highway linking the cities of Adana and Gaziantep, happened when a coach ploughed into an articulated lorry that had stopped after one of its tyres blew out, state news agency Anadolu said.
Footage from the scene showed the front right section of the bus was totally mangled where it hit the back of the lorry about 90km west of Gaziantep.
Quoting the Osmaniye governor’s office, Anadolu said all of the dead and injured were on board the bus with efforts ongoing to identify the victims.
The lorry driver, who survived the crash, was detained with the police closing down the road, it said. AFP
