Minst 35 omkom i to trafikkulykker in Turkey

At least 35 people lost their lives in Turkey on Saturday.

Ulykkene fant sted med noen timers mellromom outside the city of Gaziantep and i Mardin.

In the first accident, 16 people died and 22 were injured, governor Davut Gül said in Gaziantep province.

According to nyhetsbyrået DHA, an ambulance, a fire truck and a minibus were run over by another bus on the road from Gaziantep to Nizip. Nødetatene var på stele i konsideri med en unkilye med en minibuss, da en buss som kom langs veien traff dem i stor fart.

The area lies close to the Syrian border.

Noen timer senere inntraff en ny tragedie 300 kilometer lenger öst. Her mistet en lastebil kontrollen og kõrte inn i en folkemengde i byen Mardin. Den turkishke helseministeren Fahrettin Koca says at 19 people died and 29 were injured in accidents.

Tilstanden er sverige for åtte av de skadde, according to Koca.