The driver lost control of the passenger bus, which crashed into a barrier and veered into the oncoming lane. He flipped over, crushing two cars underneath. The bus dragged for a while, but then collided with a truck and came to a halt.
The chain accident involving four vehicles occurred on Sunday evening in the Yenice area on the Mersin-Tarsus-Adana-Gaziantep highway. The carnage left 10 people dead and 40 injured, nine of them seriously.
Autopsies were conducted on those who died in the accident and the bodies were sent to their hometowns. Funerals for eight. He was buried in the Balal, Hazro, Hani, Cermik and Koçaköy districts of Diyarbakir. Treatment of the injured, who were transferred to various hospitals in Adana and Mersin, continues.
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Bus driver arrested
The driver of the bus that caused the accident has been arrested. A TRT news team has reached the Gendarmerie for the first statement from the driver, who survived the accident unscathed.
In his statement, the driver claimed he was travelling at 110 kilometres per hour and that rain had made the road slippery.
The driver said he suddenly lost control and said he “doesn’t understand how the accident happened.”
Three prosecutors appointed after the accident are investigating the cause and consequences of the incident.
The Gendarmerie had been investigating the scene since dawn, and received from the highway team a report of the scattered personal belongings of passengers.
