Foreign Ministry: No Ukrainians hurt during tourist bus accident in Turkey

Published May 13, 2017 at 5:42 pm

Emergency services members help injured people after an accident on May 13, in Mugla, southwestern Turkey. At least 20 people died and 11 were injured May 13 when a bus carrying Turkish tourists plunged off a road near the southwestern sea resort of Marmaris. "Sadly, we have had 20 fatalities and 11 other seriously injured," said Amir Cicek, the governor of Mugla province, who said the bus was carrying about 40 people, many of whom were women.

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There are no citizens of Ukraine among those injured in road accidents involving a tourist bus in the south-west of Turkey, the Department of Consular Service of the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine said.

“According to preliminary information, there are no Ukrainians among the killed in an accident in Turkey,” the Foreign Ministry’s consular department said on its Twitter page on Saturday.

Earlier this day, Western media reported that at least 20 people were killed and 11 more seriously injured in the accident involving a tourist bus that occurred in the south-west of Turkey near the city of Marmaris.

According to local authorities, Turkish tourists were traveling by bus. The bus was heading to Marmaris from the city of Izmir when the driver lost control over the car, after which the bus broke through the barrier and fell into the gorge.