According to Turkey’s Anatolia news agency, 16 people were killed and 21 injured in a terrible traffic accident in Gaziantep province in southern Turkey on Saturday.
A passenger bus carrying rescue teams collided with a car that hit a rock in Nazeeb area, on the Tarsus-Adana-Gaziantab highway.
According to Sada and Sima news agency, this bus also collided with a live broadcast vehicle belonging to “Ikhlas” news agency, which was covering the news of the accident.
Earlier, the governor of Gaziantep province announced that 15 people were killed and 22 people were injured in this traffic accident.
Our Governor Dawood Gol wrote on his Twitter page: In an accident between a bus, a rescue team and an ambulance on the highway between Gaziantep and Nizip, 15 of our compatriots were killed and 22 were injured.
And the governor of Gaziantep announced in a press release that according to Anatoly, the death toll has increased from 15 to 16, including 4 health personnel.
Stating that three firefighters, paramedics and a journalist are among the dead, the governor noted that the bus overturned 200 meters away from where the car overturned and skidded and collided with the rescue teams.
Source: Lebanon Debate
