20 people wounded in public bus crash in Istanbul

20 people wounded in public bus crash in Istanbul

ISTANBUL – Doğan News Agency

A public bus crashed into a wall after the driver lost control of the vehicle in Istanbul's Fatih neighborhood July 9. DHA photo

Twenty people were injured when a public bus crashed into a wall after the driver lost control of the vehicle in Istanbul this morning.

The accident happened in Istanbul’s Fatih neighborhood while the public bus, which was carrying people mostly on their way to work in the morning, was traveling on Abdülezel Paşa Street in Balat. The bus crashed into a wall of a historical building when the vehicle went out of control for an unknown reason. Some of the passengers have claimed that the driver was sleeping.

The injured passengers were immediately taken to nearby hospitals. Two people were severely injured in the accident, reports said.
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