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Traffic accident in southeast Turkey leaves 13 dead

Sanliurfa mayor says 13 people were killed and nine wounded in major crash on Sunday.

29.03.2015 - Update : 29.03.2015
Traffic accident in southeast Turkey leaves 13 dead

SANLIURFA, Turkey 

Thirteen people -- most of them Syrian nationals -- were killed in a traffic accident in the southeastern province of Sanliurfa on Sunday. 

"The accident involved a minibus, a car and a concrete mixer truck, and might have happened due to rain and fog," Sanliurfa's Mayor Celalettin Guvenc said. 

Guvenc said the minibus drove into oncoming traffic on the Sanliurfa-Akcakale highway and collided with the truck, injuring nine people including two who remain in critical condition.

"We witnessed a gruesome incident," said the mayor, adding the treatment of the injured continued.

Medics and security teams were dispatched to the scene and authorities launched an investigation into the accident. 

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