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Crash in Diyarbakır kills two; reports differ on number injured
A truck carrying gas cylinders and a light commercial vehicle collided in Diyarbakır, in southeastern Turkey.
The crash happened near the Oğlaklı junction on the Diyarbakır-Mardin highway, in the Bağlar district.
Two people died in the collision.
The number of injured is unclear: one report says 12, including two seriously hurt, while another headline says 13.
Emergency medical teams and gendarmerie went to the scene, and injured people were taken to hospitals.
Authorities have opened an investigation into the crash.
Two people died in a crash between a truck and a light commercial vehicle in Diyarbakır, according to both reports.
The reports differ on the number of injured: Milliyet reported 13, while Habertürk reported 12.
Habertürk said the truck was carrying gas cylinders and the crash happened near Oğlaklı Junction in Bağlar district.
The injured people were taken to hospitals, and an investigation was opened, Habertürk reported.
- Who
- Two people died and either 12 or 13 people were injured.
- What
- A truck and a light commercial vehicle collided.
- When
- Not stated
- Where
- Near Oğlaklı Junction on the Diyarbakır-Mardin highway, in Bağlar district, Diyarbakır.
- Why
- Not stated
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Emergency medical and gendarmerie teams were sent to the scene.
Medical teams gave first aid and took the injured to hospitals.
The bodies of the people who died were taken to the Forensic Medicine Institute morgue for autopsies.
An investigation into the crash was opened.
- Deaths
- 2
- Injured, Milliyet report
- 13
- Injured, Habertürk report
- 12, including 2 in serious condition
- Location
- Near Oğlaklı Junction, Bağlar district, Diyarbakır
- Vehicles
- A truck carrying gas cylinders and a light commercial vehicle