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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Dozens of Tourists Injured in Turkey Bus Crash

People look at the wreckage of a bus carrying tourists from Poland after an accident in the southern resort town of Kemer, Turkey, July 23, 2019. (Reuters)

Dozens of tourists were injured when their tour bus crashed down a wooded slope near the southern Turkish resort of Kemer on Tuesday, according to a Polish ministry and Turkish and Polish media.

At least 25 people were injured.

The bus was carrying tourists from Poland, Russia and Norway.

The injured passengers were taken to hospitals in Kemer and in the nearby town of Kumluca.

“Seven people are still in hospital. Among these seven, three are seriously injured,” Ewa Suwara, a spokeswoman for the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told reporters on Wednesday.

Suwara said 38 Poles were on board and added the country’s consular services have contacted the families of those injured.

The private DHA news agency said the bus driver lost control of the vehicle, though the cause was not immediately known.

Other people traveling on the road rushed out of their cars to help the tourists until ambulances arrived at the scene.

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