8 killed, 20 injured in bus collision in Türkiye


ISTANBUL, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Eight people were killed and 20 others injured on Saturday when a passenger bus collided with a truck and a car in Türkiye's northwestern province of Canakkale, local authorities announced.

Canakkale Governor Omer Toraman told the press that the truck had overturned into the opposite lane, impacting a passenger bus and a car.

Toraman noted that the truck driver and seven passengers on the bus were killed, while 20 injured people, some in critical condition, were transported to nearby hospitals.

The cause of the accident was not immediately clear.

Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said a judicial investigation into the accident had been launched, and two public prosecutors had been assigned to the case.

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