11 dead and 46 injured in horror school holiday bus smash

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11 dead and 46 injured in horror school holiday bus smash

ELEVEN people have been killed and 46 are injured after a bus veered into trees while travelling on a motorway.

The bus was taking families on a school holiday skiing trip to the Uludag resort near the city of Bursa, in north-west Turkey.

The party was is believed to have been travelling from the capital Ankara.

It crashed into trees in the region of Eskisehir in what were said to be good road conditions, reports say.

Eskisehir governor Ozdemir Cakacak said it was not clear what caused the accident as the road was not wet or frozen.

Those injured were currently being treated at three different hospitals, he added.

It is not known if there are any children among the victims. The two drivers, who were slightly injured, have been arrested, and an investigation has been launched.

Turkey has a poor track record in road safety, with more than a million accidents in 2016 and 7,300 deaths, according to official statistics.

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