Published January 16,2024
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At least 9 folks have been killed and 30 others injured, together with 13 of them critically, when a passenger bus fell right into a ditch after hitting a highway barrier within the early hours of Tuesday within the Aydincik district of Türkiye’s southern Mersin province.
The intercity passenger bus, on its method to southeastern Mardin province from western Mugla’s Marmaris district, collided with a barrier on the Yenikas neighborhood’s Sariyar Tunnel exit on the D-400 freeway and crashed right into a ditch.
After the accident, ambulances, gendarmerie forces, search-and-rescue groups, and hearth brigade crews have been instantly dispatched to the area.
The injured have been transported to hospitals by ambulances.
Mersin Governor Ali Hamza Pehlivan mentioned the accident occurred on the Mersin-Antalya highway, about 170 kilometers (about 106 miles) from the town middle, at round 01:15 a.m. native time on Tuesday (2215GMT Monday).
Pehlivan additionally instructed Anadolu that 13 of the injured are in severe situation.
The public prosecutor is investigating the accident, the governor mentioned, including that the driving force “lost control at the tunnel exit due to the downpour and wet surface.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr