20 people killed in Turkey's bus tragedy

About 40 people on board a tourist bus in Turkey have been involved in an accident.Report says that the tourist bus fell off a cliff near the Southern Turkey seaside resort in Marmaris leaving no fewer than 20 persons dead.


The local media reported that about 11 persons were also injured when the driver of the bus lost control and rammed through a crash barrier before falling off the cliff,there was however no foreign tourists on board the bus.

Conflicting reports says that the brake of the bus may have stopped working or that the driver of the bus might be at fault.

The crash which took place on Mugla-Antalya road at the Sakar Gecidi Pass,was said to have involved mostly women and children.The injured have already been taken to the hospital by rescue teams.