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ISTANBUL: At least 23 people died and 11 more were seriously injured on Saturday when a bus carrying women and children plunged off a cliff near the southwestern Turkish sea resort of Marmaris.

23 killed in Turkey bus falls off cliff

Medics and rescue workers stand at the scene after a tourist bus crashed near holiday town of Marmaris, Turkey, on May 13, 2017. Reuters



Istanbul, May 13

At least 23 people died and 11 more were seriously injured on Saturday when a bus carrying women and children plunged off a cliff near the southwestern Turkish sea resort of Marmaris.

“Sadly, we have had 20 fatalities and 11 other seriously injured," said Amir Cicek, the governor of Mugla province, calling it a "horrible accident."

His deputy Kamil Koten said the bus plunged through a crash barrier and fell 15 metre (50 ft) on to a lower road, smashing a car with its three occupants.

"If we count these three deaths, the number of the dead rises to 23," the state-run Anadolu news agency quoted him as saying.

The accident occurred near the Sakar Pass on a steep winding road filled with hairpin bends.

Cicek told NTV television an investigation was under way.

"The bus's brakes may have malfunctioned," he said.

Television images showed the yellow bus lying on its side and bodies wrapped up in cloth lined up next to it.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, currently on a visit to China, said he was "extremely pained" by the tragedy and asked local authorities to take measures to ensure that "such tragedies" do not recur.

The Hurriyet newspaper quoted Marmaris mayor Ali Acar as indicating an "error by the driver", without giving further details.

Other media outlets reported that the bus left from the western city of Izmir carrying only women and children who were on a trip for Mothers' Day, celebrated in Turkey on Sunday.

Marmaris is one of the country's main resorts on the Mediterranean, and a popular weekend destination for many Turks as temperatures climb. — AFP

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