Ankara 21 August : 16 victims died and 21 others were killed and another 21 were injured in an accident on an expressway in Turkey’s southeast Gaziantep province.The incident on the Gaziantep – Nizip highway that occurred on Saturday was involving a driver vehicle as well as a bus, an ambulance and rescue teams.
Gaziantep Governor Davut Gul said on his Twitter account that a car was involved in an accident and then a bus flipped 200 meters after the accident, and hit rescue teams Xinhua news agency reported.
The victims included two journalists as well as four healthcare workers, and three firefighters, according to the Governor.
An extensive number of medical and police personnel were dispatched to the location.
The stretch of the highway that runs towards the Nizip direction was closed to traffic.
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