NewsSpecial WireBus crash leaves 17 Iranians dead in Turkey

Bus crash leaves 17 Iranians dead in Turkey

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 18 – At least 17 Iranians were killed and 26 others injured on Friday when their bus collided with a truck in eastern Turkey, the official news agency IRNA reported. Iran Focus

Tehran, Iran, Aug. 18 – At least 17 Iranians were killed and 26 others injured on Friday when their bus collided with a truck in eastern Turkey, the official news agency IRNA reported.

The accident occurred in the town of Chaldoran in the Turkish province of Van close to the Iranian border as the travellers were returning from Syria.

The injured were rushed to nearby hospitals, the report said.

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