Eleven Russian tourists injured in bus accident in Antalya
In a traffic accident with a tourist bus that overturned Monday morning on the route Kemer — Belek, hit 11 Russians, according to the Russian Embassy in Turkey.
“Suffered 11 citizens of Russia. Seven of them provided medical care, and they returned to the hotels. Four undergo additional medical examination”, — stated in the message of the Embassy.
According to preliminary information, victims received injuries of moderate severity — bruises, cuts, and bruises.
The representative of the Russian Consulate in Antalya told TASS that among hospitalized after the accident the Russians have a child.
Earlier on Monday, Anadolu news Agency reported that the bus got in an accident on the highway Antalya — Kemer, there were 26 people. It was tourists who were being transported from one of the hotels in Kemer.
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Accident with buses on the Turkish roads occur regularly. In early August
2017 five people were killed after a bus overturned EN route from Istanbul to Samsun. A week later fell off of the track bus on the route Ankara — Konya, as a result of the accident also killed several people. Russian tourists in both the accident were not injured.
In may 2017 at least 18 Russian tourists were injured in the result of an accident with a tourist bus on the road between the Turkish city Mugla and Denizli, but later it became known that overturned the minibus was carrying tourists from Ukraine.