Istanbul [Turkey], August 22: At least 12 people have been killed and 19 people injured after a bus accident in Turkey, the Anadolu news agency reported on Monday.
According to the report, the bus drove off the road shortly after midnight. Pictures showed the totalled bus in the ditch between trees.
Passengers reported being woken up by others screaming to watch the bus hit the rail and drop down the slope, throwing people out of the bus.
The bus was on its way from the central Anatolian city of Sivas to Istanbul, about 900km away.
The accident occurred about 200km into the journey.
Media reports were speculating the accident may have been caused by negligence on behalf of the driver, who was killed in the accident.
The accident is under investigation.
The Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya and Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz expressed their condolences to the victims on the messaging
platform X, formerly known as Twitter, among others.
The operator of the trip was the bus company KamilKoc, which belongs to the transport company Flix.
Source: Qatar Tribune
