Sixteen people, including emergency workers and journalists, died when a bus crashed into an earlier accident site, said regional governor Davut Gul of the southeastern province of Gaziantep. Another 20 people were injured and treated. “Around 10:45 this morning, a passenger bus crashed here,” Gul said, speaking from the crash site on the road east of Gaziantep. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Rescue and emergency personnel work at the scene after a bus collided on the highway between Gaziantep and Nizip, Turkey, August 20, 2022. Ihlas News Agency via REUTERS “While fire, medical teams and other colleagues were responding to the accident, another bus overturned 200 meters back. The second bus skidded at that point and knocked first responders and injured people to the ground.” Separately, a truck hit a site about 250 km (155 miles) east in Mardin’s Derik district, where first responders were attending to another accident, according to footage. Sixteen people died and 29 others were injured as a result of the incident in Mardin, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said, adding that eight of the injured were in critical condition. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Report by Ezgi Erkoyun and Omer Berberoglu. Written by Dominic Evans. Edited by Christina Fincher and Mike Harrison Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
