Eleven killed in collision between tour bus and truck on Turkish highway
A tour bus and a truck collided near Akhisar on the Gebze-Orhangazi-Izmir Highway in Manisa province, Turkey, on 11 October. Eleven people were killed and 27 injured in the accident. The bus was carrying 34 passengers and 3 crew members traveling from Bursa to Izmir en route to Pamukkale.
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A collision between a tour bus and a truck occurred near the Akhisar toll gates on the Gebze-Orhangazi-Izmir Highway in Manisa province, western Turkey, on 11 October, according to the Manisa Governor's Office. The bus was traveling from Bursa to Izmir, heading towards Pamukkale in Denizli province, and carried 34 passengers and 3 crew members. The truck had a single driver. The collision resulted in 11 deaths and 27 injuries.
According to Governor Vahdettin Ozkan, the 27 injured people were classified with different severity levels: 16 received the yellow triage code, 9 received the green code, and 1 received the red code for the most serious cases. Emergency services, including large numbers of ambulances, fire crews, police and other personnel, were dispatched to the scene after the collision was reported at approximately 11:00 a.m. local time. Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi confirmed that disaster-management, police, gendarmerie, fire and emergency health teams were rapidly deployed to the site. An investigation into the cause of the crash was initiated under the coordination of the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.
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