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At Least 23 Dead After Bus Tips Over in Turkey

The bus was in a convoy of six, carrying mostly women and children for a Mother’s Day event.

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At least 23 people were killed and 11 others were critically injured in Turkey after a tour bus tipped over, fell 15 meters (50 feet) down a cliff and then hit a car on a serpentine mountain road, authorities said.

Deputy governor of Mugla province, Kamil Koten, told Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency the driver is among the dead and most of those killed were women.

Governor Amir Cicek said the bus flipped over at a road bend as it was traveling from the coastal province of Izmir to Marmaris, a popular tourist destination.

Cicek said the passengers were all Turkish and the cause of the accident is unclear, pending investigation.

Anadolu said the bus was in a convoy of six, carrying mostly women and children for a Mother's Day event.

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Topics:  Turkey   Bus Crash   Bus Overturn 

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