A terrible accident on a highway near Istanbul involving 7 vehicles: 10 dead, 59 injured
Kyiv • UNN
The collision of several vehicles on the North Marmara highway near Istanbul killed 10 people and injured 59. Access to the road was blocked while emergency services worked.
On the highway North Marmara highway in Turkey, a chain accident occurred, which, according to preliminary according to preliminary data, killed 10 people and injured 59. This was reported by. UNN with reference to the Turkish magazine Milliyet.
Details
A chain accident involving 7 vehicles, including 3 buses and a truck, occurred in Sakarya, near Dagdibi, on the Istanbul side of the highway for for an unspecified reason, according to media reports. Access to the Istanbul direction of the highway was stopped due to the accident. the Istanbul direction of the highway was stopped, and many medical teams were reportedly sent to the scene. many medical and police teams were reportedly dispatched to the scene.
The governor of Sakarya Governor Yashar Karadeniz said in a statement that 10 people were killed and 54 people died and 54 were injured. The injured were transported to hospitals, and crews continue to work in the region.
Later, Turkish media reported Turkish media later reported that the number of wounded had increased to 59.
It is reported that 8 victims are reported to be in serious condition. Many medical teams, gendarmerie and fire brigades in the region continue to work at the scene of the accident.
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Also, the governor of Sakarya Yashar Karadeniz also added information about the accident.
All our teams are here. The crime scene investigation teams are on the ground. Work continues to open the road to traffic
Addendum
Among the preliminary preliminary versions of the accident indicate that the accident was started by a small car that crashed into a TIR trailer, and then other vehicles collided.
According to the first conclusions, "some of those killed in road accidents were pedestrians who got out of their cars and were hit by another their cars and were hit by another vehicle".
