At least 9 people died and 30 people were injured as a result of the intercity bus overturning. when he went off the road in the coastal province of Mersin in southern Turkey. According to the news of Turkish public television channel TRT Haber, while the injured were taken to many hospitals in the surrounding area by ambulances, fire brigades and security forces cordoned off the area.
Mersin Governor Ali Hamza Pehlivan, who went to the scene, said that the accident occurred around 01.15 local time and that the vehicle was carrying 40 passengers and 3 crew members. “A tragic accident occurred when the bus overturned at the tunnel exit (…) the driver lost control of the steering wheel” he explained.
Pehlivan added that the identification efforts of those who lost their lives and injuries in the accident are continuing, and that he expressed his condolences to the families of those who lost their lives by publishing it on his profile on the X social network, formerly known as Twitter.