Flood kills three in Gaziantep
GAZİANTEP – Anatolia News Agency
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At least three people were killed in the
southeastern province of Gaziantep yesterday when flood waters swallowed the
bus in which they were traveling.
The passenger bus and a privately owned car were
dragged into flood waters on the Gaziantep-Şanlıurfa D400 highway early in the
day. Search and rescue teams searching the area later recovered the bodies of
three women.
But Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality Fire Brigade
Unit Manager Ömer Yalım told Anatolia news agency by telephone that there could
be more bodies at the site.
“Only three bodies have been recovered so far. But we
have no clear information about the number of passengers on the bus. There are
strong hints that there is another body in the flood-hit area. I believe we
will be able to conduct our work more easily after the waters recede,” he said.
Twenty-six passengers were rescued from the bus and
taken to nearby hospitals, while the bodies were taken to Gaziantep Forensic
Medicine Institution for autopsies.
