According to Ankara Governor Vasip Sahin, quoted by TRT, “there are no traces of braking at the scene, which suggests that the driver may have dozed off.”
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The accident happened around 5am local time. A passenger bus coming from Eskisehir in central Turkey hit head-on a bridge pier on a highway approaching Ankara. At least nine people were killed and 26 injured, according to an initial report from the governor of the Turkish capital.
He doesn’t“There is no sign of braking at the scene, which suggests that the driver fell asleep,” Vasip Sahin was quoted as saying by state television channel TRT.
According to the channel, the accident led to the intervention of numerous vehicles and emergency personnel. An investigation has been opened to determine the precise circumstances of the accident, AFP said.
Bus accidents are common in Turkey. In May, ten people were killed and 40 injured in a collision between a bus, two cars and a truck on a highway near Mersin in the south of the country.
