Road accident leaves 17 killed, 36 wounded in Turkey 

  30 March 2018    Read: 1845
Road accident leaves 17 killed, 36 wounded in Turkey 

The death toll in the result of a major traffic accident involving a bus on the Igdir-Kars highway increased to 17, the Turkish media reports. 

The number of wounded is 36. Earlier, 15 dead and 30 wounded were reported. The wounded were taken to hospitals.


The bus driver lost control, as a result of which the bus collided with a road sign.

Migrants from Afghanistan and Pakistan, who entered Turkey illegally were in the bus.

In February 2018, 60,800 road accidents were recorded in the country, in which 343 people died, according to a report of the Turkish police.

 


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