At least 34 people were killed and dozens injured in two separate road accidents Saturday, each in places where collisions had taken place shortly before, local media reported.
A first crash involving a bus and an ambulance killed 15 people and injured 31 more on a motorway in Gaziantep province, said local officials, revising an earlier toll of 16.
Three paramedics, three firefighters and two journalists from Turkey's Ilhas news agency were among those killed, local media reported.Gendarmes are currently questioning the driver of the bus to try to establish what happened, DHA reported.A video grab taken from footage of AFP TV on August 20, 2022 shows a truck after a crash in Derik district of Mardin. At least 16 people killed and 29 injured after a truck hurtled into pedestrians in Turkey, the health minister says.
Turkish media shared footage of a driver losing control of his truck, then careening towards nearby vehicles and pedestrians as they try to flee.
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