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Coach crashes into truck in Turkiye, killing 11: authorities

Published: 11 Oct 2026 - 02:13 pm | Last Updated: 11 Oct 2026 - 02:21 pm
This handout photograph taken and released on October 11, 2026 by Turkish news agency DHA (Demiroren News Agency) shows fire department and first aid officials operating at the site of a crashed bus following the collision of a tour bus and a lorry in Manisa, west of Turkiye.  Photo by Handout / DHA (Demiroren News Agency) / AFP

This handout photograph taken and released on October 11, 2026 by Turkish news agency DHA (Demiroren News Agency) shows fire department and first aid officials operating at the site of a crashed bus following the collision of a tour bus and a lorry in Manisa, west of Turkiye. Photo by Handout / DHA (Demiroren News Agency) / AFP

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Istanbul: Eleven people were killed and 27 hurt in western Turkiye on Sunday when a coach turned over after colliding with a truck, authorities said.

The coach crashed near the entry to a motorway between the city of Bursa and the seaside city of Izmir, the governor's office of the local Manisa district said on X, stating the toll.

Emergency services rushed to the scene, Turkiye's Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci said on X.

"We are closely following the situation, in coordination with all the institutions concerned," he said.

A photograph published by the news agency DHA showed the coach lying across safety barriers with its windscreen smashed.