Thirty-two people were killed today in southeastern Turkey in two multi-car accidents, when a bus and a truck swept away rescuers who had gone to the sites of other accidents earlier.
Sixteen people, including firefighters and journalists, were killed in Gaziantep when a bus crashed into firefighters and journalists on a road in the east of that city, Governor Davut Gul said Another 20 people were injured.
"Around 10.45 this morning, a bus overturned here," said Gul, who went to the scene. "While the fire brigade, teams of doctors and other rescuers were dealing with the (first) accident, a second bus overturned, 200 metres behind the first one."
The second bus slid up here and hit rescuers and the injured" from the first accident, the governor explained.
About 250 kilometers east of Gaziantep, in the Derick district of Mardin province, there was an almost identical accident: a truck swept away rescue crews who had rushed to another accident. Sixteen people were killed and 29 others injured, according to Health Minister Fakhretin Kodja. Eight of the injured are being treated in a critical condition.
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