6 dead as freight train, bus collide in northwestern Turkey

September 04 2021 13:32:27

6 dead as freight train, bus collide in northwestern Turkey

TEKİRDAĞ– Anadolu Agency

At least six people were killed and seven others injured when a freight train collided with an employee shuttle bus in Turkey’s northwestern Tekirdağ province.

The 11-carriage freight train Kapıkule-Halkalı 13000-1, moving from the Turkish province of Edirne to Istanbul, crashed into the bus in the Velimese neighborhood in the Ergene district.

The injured people were taken to hospital.

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