ANKARA, Aug 21 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Sixteen people were killed and 21 others injured, in a traffic accident on a highway in Türkiye’s south-eastern Gaziantep province, yesterday.
The accident, on the Gaziantep-Nizip Highway, involved a passenger vehicle, a bus, an ambulance and the rescue teams.
Gaziantep Governor, Davut Gul, said on his Twitter account that, a passenger vehicle had an accident first, then a bus overturned 200 metres behind the accident and hit the rescue teams.
The casualties included two journalists, four health care workers and three firefighters, the governor said.
A large number of policemen and medical staff were dispatched to the site.
The section of the highway towards the Nizip direction was closed to transportation.– NNN-ANADOLU
