Medics and rescue workers stand at the scene after a tourist bus crashed near the southwestern holiday town of Marmaris, Turkey, May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kenan Gurbuz

ANKARA (Reuters) - Seventeen people were killed and 13 injured when a bus carrying Turkish tourists crashed near the southwestern holiday town of Marmaris, a local governor said on Saturday.

Television footage from the scene showed a yellow bus lying on its side surrounded by ambulances, with bodies nearby.

The bus had traveled from the western city of Izmir, the governor told reporters in televised comments.</s>A bus carrying tourists has overturned in the resort area of Marmaris in the Mugla Province of southwestern Turkey, Dogan news agency reports.

Reportedly, 17 people were killed and 13 were injured in the road accident.

Rescue teams and ambulances have been sent to the scene.</s>The latest on the bus incident in Turkish resort

15:25 (GMT+4) A bus carrying tourists has overturned in the resort area of Marmaris in the Mugla Province of southwestern Turkey, Dogan news agency reports.

As many as 20 people were killed and 11 were injured in the road accident.

The bus was carrying the tourists from Izmir to Mugla Province.

Head of the Marmaris municipality Ali Acar said that the accident was caused by a driver’s fault.

14:36 (GMT+4) A bus carrying tourists has overturned in the resort area of Marmaris in the Mugla Province of southwestern Turkey, Dogan news agency reports.

Reportedly, 17 people were killed and 13 were injured in the road accident.

Rescue teams and ambulances have been sent to the scene.</s>The latest on the bus incident in Turkish resort

16:52 (GMT+4) The death toll in the road accident in the Mugla Province in the south-west of Turkey has increased to 23, Kamil Koten, the deputy governor of the province said, the Anadolu Agency reported May 13.

Three more dead bodies were recovered from the bus, he added.

15:28 (GMT+4) A bus carrying tourists has overturned in the resort area of Marmaris in the Mugla Province of southwestern Turkey, Dogan news agency reports.

As many as 20 people were killed and 11 were injured in the road accident.

The bus was carrying the tourists from Izmir to Mugla Province.

Head of the Marmaris municipality Ali Acar said that the accident was caused by a driver’s fault.

14:36 (GMT+4) A bus carrying tourists has overturned in the resort area of Marmaris in the Mugla Province of southwestern Turkey, Dogan news agency reports.

Reportedly, 17 people were killed and 13 were injured in the road accident.

Rescue teams and ambulances have been sent to the scene.</s>A bus with tourists has overturned in the resort area of Marmaris in the Mugla Province of southwestern Turkey, Dogan news agency reports.

Reportedly, 17 people were killed and other 13 became injured as a result of the event.

Teams of rescuers and ambulances have been sent to the scene.</s>ANKARA (REUTERS) - Seventeen people were killed and 13 injured when a bus carrying Turkish tourists crashed near the southwestern holiday town of Marmaris, a local governor said on Saturday (May 13).

Television footage from the scene showed a yellow bus lying on its side surrounded by ambulances, with bodies nearby.

The bus had travelled from the western city of Izmir, the governor told reporters in televised comments.</s>A bus carrying tourists in Turkey crashed on Saturday killing at least 20 people and injuring 11. The accident took place near the southwestern sea resort holiday town of Marmaris, according to the local governor. The bus had travelled from Izmir, in west Turkey, he said. The road was hilly and the bus plunged off its path, smashed through the crash barrier, into a precipice.

“Sadly, we have had 20 fatalities and 11 other seriously injured,” said Amir Cicek, the governor of Mugla province.

Footage from local television showed the yellow bus turned on its side with ambulances around it, and bodies of people lying nearby.

For all the latest World News, download Indian Express App now</s>A bus with tourists has overturned in the resort area of Marmaris in the Mugla Province of southwestern Turkey, Dogan news agency reports.

Teams of rescuers and ambulances have been sent to the scene.

The death toll and other details haven’t been reported.</s>ISTANBUL - At least 23 people died and 11 more were seriously injured Saturday when a bus carrying women and children plunged off a cliff near the southwestern Turkish sea resort of Marmaris.

“Sadly, we have had 20 fatalities and 11 other seriously injured,” said Amir Cicek, the governor of Mugla province, calling it a “horrible accident.” His deputy Kamil Koten said the bus plunged through a crash barrier and fell 15 metres (50 feet) on to a lower road, smashing a car with its three occupants. .

The accident occurred near the Sakar Pass on a steep winding road filled with hairpin bends. Cicek told NTV television an investigation was under way. “The bus’s brakes may have malfunctioned,” he said. Television images showed the yellow bus lying on its side and bodies wrapped up in cloth lined up next to it.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, currently on a visit to China, said he was “extremely pained” by the tragedy and asked local authorities to take measures to ensure that “such tragedies” do not recur.

The Hurriyet newspaper quoted Marmaris mayor Ali Acar as indicating an “error by the driver”, without giving further details.

Other media outlets reported that the bus left from the western city of Izmir carrying only women and children who were on a trip for Mothers’ Day, celebrated in Turkey on Sunday.

Marmaris is one of the country’s main resorts on the Mediterranean, and a popular weekend destination for many Turks as temperatures climb.</s>Bus tips over in Turkey, killing at least 23 people

ISTANBUL - Turkish authorities say at least 23 people have died and 11 others are in critical condition after a tour bus tipped over, fell 50 feet down a cliff and then hit a car on a serpentine mountain road.

 

Deputy governor of Mugla province, Kamil Koten, told Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency the driver is among the dead and most of those killed were women.

 

Governor Amir Cicek said the bus flipped over at a road bend as it was traveling from the coastal province of Izmir to Marmaris, a popular tourist destination.

 

Cicek said the passengers were all Turkish and the cause of the accident is unclear, pending investigation.

 

Anadolu said the bus was in a convoy of six, carrying mostly women and children for a Mother's Day event.
A bus carrying tourists crashes near the resort town of Marmaris in southwest Turkey, killing at least 17 people and leaving 13 others injured.