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One person killed, 49 injured in accident involving bus carrying tourists in Turkey

13 September 2021 12:23 (UTC +04:00)

A school bus and a tourist bus collided on the Mugla Denizli highway at about 7:30 am local time, APA reports citing Cumhuriyet newspaper.

At least one person was killed and 49 were injured in the accident, which involved a bus carrying tourists in the province of Mugla in southwestern Turkey, according to the Cumhuriyet newspaper.

According to reports, the bus crashed into a minibus carrying schoolchildren and overturned. The tour bus driver died on the spot. According to preliminary data, he had a heart attack.

Among the victims were 41 Ukrainian tourists, seven schoolchildren and the driver of the school minibus. All of them were taken to hospital.