A passenger bus veered off the highway and crashed right into a roadside ditch in central Turkey on Monday, killing 12 folks and injuring 19 others, officers mentioned.
The driver of the bus misplaced management of the automobile, which crossed into the oncoming lane after which plunged into the ditch close to the central Turkish metropolis of Yozgat, Gov. Mehmet Ali Ozkan mentioned.
The bus was travelling from Sivas — some 240 kilometres east of Yozgat — to Istanbul.
Ozkan mentioned 11 of the passengers died on the scene of the crash whereas one died later within the hospital.
The injured passengers have been being handled in close by hospitals and one in every of them was in severe situation, he mentioned.
The explanation for the crash was underneath investigation, Ozkan mentioned, including that it gave the impression to be the results of “carelessness” by the motive force.
Published On:
Aug 21, 2023
