PostedAugust 20, 2022, 1:11 PM
TurkeyFifteen dead and 22 injured in road accident
An accident involving an ambulance in particular left more than a dozen dead and many injured in the Turkish province of Gaziantep.
Three firefighters, two rescue workers and two journalists are among the 15 dead.
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Fifteen people were killed and 22 others injured in southeastern Turkey in a road accident involving an ambulance, the governor of Gaziantep province announced on Saturday.
“A total of 15 of our citizens died and 22 were injured (…) in the accident involving a coach, a rescue team and an ambulance (…) on the highway between Gaziantep and Nizip”, indicated on Twitter the governor, Davut Gül.
gutted ambulance
Turkish news agency DHA says an ambulance, a fire engine and a vehicle belonging to a team of journalists — which had gone to the scene of an accident — were hit head-on by a bus passengers traveling on the same highway.
Three firefighters, two rescuers and two journalists are among the 15 dead, said the governor of Gaziantep. Images released by the DHA agency showed the rear of a partially gutted ambulance and numerous vehicle debris.
(AFP)
