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TURKEY BUS CRASH KILLS 16 IRANIAN TOURISTS
Reuters
09 Sep 2008 12:41:15 GMT
ISTANBUL, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Sixteen Iranian tourists were killed and
32 injured when their bus careered off a bendy road in eastern Turkey,
state news agency Anatolian said on Tuesday.
The crash took place late on Monday in Agri province after the driver
lost control of the bus, media reports said.
The tourists, Iranians of Armenian descent, had spent a week in eastern
Turkey visiting historical sites as part of a 90-person group, Vatan
newspaper reported.
The buses were heading back to the Turkey-Iran border.
Ambulances were sent to the scene and gendarme paramilitary police
worked to save passengers trapped inside the bus. The injured were
taken to hospitals in Van, Agri and Igdir provinces, Anatolian
said. (Reporting by Thomas Grove)
Reuters
09 Sep 2008 12:41:15 GMT
ISTANBUL, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Sixteen Iranian tourists were killed and
32 injured when their bus careered off a bendy road in eastern Turkey,
state news agency Anatolian said on Tuesday.
The crash took place late on Monday in Agri province after the driver
lost control of the bus, media reports said.
The tourists, Iranians of Armenian descent, had spent a week in eastern
Turkey visiting historical sites as part of a 90-person group, Vatan
newspaper reported.
The buses were heading back to the Turkey-Iran border.
Ambulances were sent to the scene and gendarme paramilitary police
worked to save passengers trapped inside the bus. The injured were
taken to hospitals in Van, Agri and Igdir provinces, Anatolian
said. (Reporting by Thomas Grove)