There have been two serious traffic accidents in Turkey. So far there have been over 30 dead and many injured, some of whom are still fighting for their lives.
At least 16 people have been killed in a road accident in Turkey. Among them are firefighters, medical staff and two journalists, said the governor of the province of Gaziantep, Davut Gül, in an interview at the accident site on Saturday.
They were originally there because of the report of a previous accident. An approaching bus then had an accident, rolled over and hit an ambulance and the journalists’ broadcast van. 22 other people were injured.
The two journalists worked for the state-affiliated agency IHA, according to the state broadcaster TRT. Loud sobbing could be heard in a broadcaster’s report. The agency’s cameraman, who was on hand to cover the deaths of his colleagues, “couldn’t hold back his tears,” TRT said.
The injured are currently being treated in hospital. Nothing was initially known about the degree of the injury.
Hours later, 19 people died in Mardin in another accident when a truck driver lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a crowd. Another 29 people were injured, eight of them seriously, said Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca. dpa
