Twelve killed in multi-vehicle crash in Türkiye

A multi-vehicle crash in southern Türkiye’s Hatay province killed at least 12 people and injured 31 others, including three seriously, officials said. A truck collided with nine cars and two minibuses on the Iskenderun-Antakya highway late Saturday, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.

Many of the vehicles were parked by the roadside near a gas station as friends and relatives said goodbye to men leaving to carry out mandatory military service. Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said that fires broke out on the highway.

The minister tweeted that 22 ambulances and three medical rescue teams were sent to the scene in Topbogazli. Hatay was one of the worst hit of the 11 Turkish provinces affected by a February 6 earthquake that devastated parts of Türkiye and Syria.