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Forty-five people were injured when a passenger bus overturned in Turkey’s Konya province.
Operative Information Center-OMM reports, citing TRT Haber, that the crash occurred at around 2 a.m. on the Isparta–Beyşehir highway in Hüyük district.
The bus, operated by Yeni Diyarbakır and travelling on the Antalya–Iğdır route, veered off the road and overturned into a ditch about 20 kilometres from Beyşehir after the driver lost control.
Numerous emergency medical teams were dispatched to the scene. The 45 people who sustained injuries of varying severity were taken to Beyşehir State Hospital.
Initial reports indicate that 40 of the injured are in mild condition. Five were transferred to central hospitals in Konya for further examination and treatment, while three were sent to Seydişehir district.
An investigation into the incident is under way.
