9 killed in a tragic bus accident in Turkey

9 people died in a tragic accident in southern Turkey after a passenger bus overturned, Sabah reported.
30 people were injured in the serious accident.
The bus was traveling from the resort town of Marmaris to the country's southeastern province of Mardin. The accident happened at the exit of a tunnel on the D-400 highway, where the bus crashed into a barrier and overturned. After receiving the notification, emergency teams were dispatched to the scene. The injured were immediately transported to hospitals by ambulance. Mersin Governor Ali Hamza Pehlivan released a written statement revealing that the incident happened about 170 kilometers from the city center, on the Mersin-Antalya highway, around 01:15 am. "A tragic road accident occurred as a result of the overturn of a passenger bus with 40 passengers and 3 crew drivers on the way to Mersin," the governor said. "I express my condolences to the families of the dead and wish the injured a speedy recovery," he added./BGNES