Seven people died and 11 others were injured early Saturday when an intercity bus collided with a lorry on a motorway in southern Turkey, the local governor’s office reported.
The incident occurred before dawn on the highway connecting the cities of Adana and Gaziantep. It happened when a coach crashed into an articulated lorry that had stopped after one of its tyres blew out, according to the state news agency Anadolu.
Footage from the scene showed that the front right section of the bus was completely mangled where it collided with the back of the lorry, about 90 kilometers (55 miles) west of Gaziantep.
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According to Anadolu, quoting the Osmaniye governor’s office, all of the deceased and injured were on board the bus, with efforts ongoing to identify the victims.
The lorry driver, who survived the crash, was detained as police closed down the road.
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