A serious road accident in Turkey has left 9 people dead and 5 injured following a collision between a lorry and a passenger minibus in the province of Van, in the east of the country. The accident took place on the motorway linking Özalp and Saray, where the bus and the articulated lorry collided under circumstances that are still under investigation.
According to reports published by the newspaper Hürriyet, the road was slippery due to heavy rain in the area. The governor of Van, Ozan Balcı, later confirmed that five women and four men lost their lives, whilst another five people – three women and two men – were injured. The injured were taken to nearby hospitals to receive medical attention.
After receiving notification of the collision, police officers, gendarmerie personnel, emergency medical services, AFAD rescue teams, UMKE medical teams and firefighters were dispatched to the scene. The motorway was temporarily closed to traffic whilst emergency operations were underway and the wrecked vehicles were being removed, a process complicated by the snow falling continuously in the area. The road was subsequently reopened to traffic.
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Pablo Gómez is a specialist in Turkey and has been editor-in-chief of Hispanatolia since 2011. He has been analysing current affairs and geopolitics in Turkey and the surrounding region since 2006.
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