Turkish bus crash kills 32, mostly students
Ankara,
Apr
14:
A
bus
carrying
primary
school
students
collided
with
a
truck
in
central
Turkey
today,
killing
32
people,
a
local
governor
said.
Most
of
the
dead
were
students
on
a
trip
to
Cappadocia,
renowned
for
unusual
rock
formations
and
rock-caved
churches
which
are
a
popular
tourist
attraction.
Thirty
people
were
also
injured,
state-run
news
agency
Anatolian
quoted
local
authorities
as
saying.
The
accident
occurred
on
the
Aksaray-Konya
highway.
Reuters
Story first published: Saturday, April 14, 2007, 14:49 [IST]