The vehicle suddenly veered: ten dead and forty injured in a bus accident in Türkiye

An investigation was opened by the authorities. MAXPPP – Sami Sarkis

Ten people were killed and forty others were injured in a bus accident that occurred this Sunday, May 26, 2024 in southern Turkey.

The coach accident occurred this Sunday, May 26, in Mersin, in the south of Turkey. were killed and forty others were injured, nine of them seriously, Turkish authorities said.

The bus hit two cars and a truck

"A coach traveling from Diyarbakir to Istanbul collided with two cars and a truck on the highway in the Yenice district of Tarsus, in Mersin province. Ten of our fellow citizens lost their lives", Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on X.

Forty other people were injured, nine of them seriously, said Health Minister Fahrettin Koca.

The intercity bus connecting Diyarbakir (south-east) to Istanbul suddenly veered off course and hit two cars and a truck coming in the opposite direction, according to Turkish media. The injured were transferred to hospitals in Mersin and Adana, in southern Turkey, the health minister added.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered his condolences to the victims' relatives in a message shared on his X account (formerly Twitter) and indicated that an investigation had been opened.

Tarsus – Adana – Gaziantep Otoyolu’nda meydana gelen elim trafik kazasında hayatını kaybeden vatandaşlarımıza Cenab-ı Allah’tan rahmet niyaz ediyorum.

İlgili makamlarımız, kazaya dair gerekli tahkikatı ivedilikle başlatmışlardır.

Vefat eden vatandaşlarımızın ailelerinin ve…

— Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (@RTErdogan) May 26, 2024

"Our competent authorities immediately opened the necessary investigation into the accident", he clarified.