Eleven people were killed and 46 injured when a Turkish intercity bus taking families bound for a half-term skiing trip crashed into trees while travelling on a<\/p>\n
motorway, local officials said.<\/p>\n
The bus, which was making an overnight journey from the capital Ankara to the western city of Bursa, crashed in the region of Eskisehir amid good road<\/p>\n
conditions, Eskisehir governor Ozdemir Cakacak was quoted as saying by the Dogan news agency.<\/p>\n
The road was empty and neither wet nor frozen, Cakacak said, vowing that the causes would be made clear.<\/p>\n
Dogan reported that the passengers on the bus were mainly families with their children who were going to Bursa to spend the upcoming half-term at the popular<\/p>\n
Uludag ski resort nearby.<\/p>\n
The news agency did not say if any children were among those killed.<\/p>\n
The two drivers, who were both lightly injured, have been detained and prosecutors launched an investigation, Dogan said.<\/p>\n
Turkey has a dire road safety record with over a million accidents in 2016 and 7,300 people losing their lives, according to official statistics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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