World | Other World Stories
16 Iranian tourists killed in Turkey bus crash
Sixteen Iranian tourists were killed and 32 injured in a bus crash in eastern Turkey, state news agency Anatolian reported on Tuesday.
- Agencies
- Published: 17:08 September 9, 2008
Istanbul: Sixteen Iranian tourists were killed and 32 injured in a bus crash in eastern Turkey, state news agency Anatolian reported on Tuesday.
According to media reports, the driver lost control of the bus, sending it careening off a bendy road in Agri province late on Monday.
The tourists, Iranians of Armenian descent, had spent a week in eastern Turkey visiting historical sites as part of a 90-person group, Vatan newspaper reported.
More from Other World Stories
More from World
News Editor's choice
-
6,000 cups and counting: Addicted to that tea
This cafeteria in Al Mamzar attracts thousands of customers daily, including the rich and not so rich
-
Swimming pool horror: Twins hospitalised
Twins rushed to hospital after collapsing from chlorine inhalation at swimming pool in their villa
-
Play your cards right with credit card interest
UAE Central Bank plans to cap interest rates, but are you paying thirty-five per cent now?
