For all latest news, follow the Daily Sun's Google News channel.
This handout photograph taken and released on October 11, 2026 by Turkish news agency DHA (Demiroren News Agency) shows fire department and first aid officials operating at the site of a crashed bus following the collision of a tour bus and a lorry in Manisa, west of Turkey. Photo : AFP
Eleven people were killed and 27 hurt in western Turkey on Sunday when a coach turned over after colliding with a truck, authorities said.
The coach crashed near the entry to a motorway between the city of Bursa and the seaside city of Izmir, the governor's office of the local Manisa district said on X, stating the toll.
Emergency services rushed to the scene, Turkey's Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci said on X.
"We are closely following the situation, in coordination with all the institutions concerned," he added.
A photograph published by the news agency DHA showed the coach lying across safety barriers with its windscreen smashed.
Turkish media reported that the drivers of both the coach and the truck had been detained as part of an investigation into the crash. Their health conditions were not given.
Several reports said the truck involved was a tow-truck. One outlet, Hurriyet, said early indications suggested it could have been driving on the wrong side of the road.