10 migrants dead, 30 hurt in Turkey bus crash: official

Ten illegal immigrants died yesterday and 30 were injured when the driver of a packed minibus refused an order to stop and crashed into a shop in northwest Turkey, local officials and media said. The driver ignored an order by a security official to halt, speeding up instead and

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Published 27 June 2019, 8:00 · Updated 22:03

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10 migrants dead, 30 hurt in Turkey bus crash: official

Ten illegal immigrants died yesterday and 30 were injured when the driver of a packed minibus refused an order to stop and crashed into a shop in northwest Turkey, local officials and media said.

The driver ignored an order by a security official to halt, speeding up instead and crashing into a shop near the Greek border, the office of the governor of Edirne province said in a statement.

The private DHA news agency said there were 40 people in the minibus. All 30 survivors were injured. The nationality of the illegal immigrants was not known.

10 migrants dead, 30 hurt in Turkey bus crash: official

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