Ten dead, 39 injured in southern Turkiye highway collision

This photo posted on social media by The National Independent shows first responders searching for casualties from the wreckage of vehicles involved in the collission in Tarsus, Turkiye. (X: @NationalIndNews)
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Updated 27 May 2024
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Ten dead, 39 injured in southern Turkiye highway collision

ISTANBUL: Ten people died and 39 others were injured in southern Turkiye on Sunday when an intercity bus collided with three other vehicles on a main highway, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said.
The bus, traveling to Istanbul from Diyarbakir, crashed into a transport truck and two other vehicles in the Tarsus district near the Mediterranean city of Mersin, he said on social media platform X.
The government said an investigation had been launched.