BELGRADE
Two seriously injured members of Turkish state broadcaster TRT news team were transported from Belgrade Airport to Istanbul early Saturday morning after suffering a traffic accident on Wednesday on Belgrade-Nis highway
They were transported by a private plane of the Turkish Ministry of Health.
According to the latest information, after the condition of Asli Ozbilen Smith and Hasan Tas improved over the past two days, a permit for their transport to Turkey was issued.
Serhat Alp, the van's driver, was not transported due to being in serious condition and is currently at the Urgent Center Belgrade.
TRT photojournalist Hasan Elmas died in the accident which wounded four members of the team.
The seven TRT members were working on a documentary about Balkan music.
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