BUS CRASH LEAVES 16 TOURISTS DEAD

Independent Online
Sept 9 2008
South Africa

Istanbul – Sixteen Iranian tourists were killed and 32 injured when
their bus careered off a bendy road in eastern Turkey, state news
agency Anatolian said on Tuesday.

The crash took place late on Monday in Agri province after the driver
lost control of the bus, media reports said.

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.

The buses were heading back to the Turkey-Iran border.

Ambulances were sent to the scene and gendarme paramilitary police
worked to save passengers trapped inside the bus. The injured were
taken to hospitals in Van, Agri and Igdir provinces, Anatolian said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress